NIAID-Funded Research News

Below are links to press releases about NIAID-funded research from some of the institutions we support.

December 2020

Mount Sinai Researchers Advance a Universal Influenza Virus Vaccine

December 07, 2020 --- Mount Sinai

Drug for Rare Disorder Shows Promise for Treating Herpes Viruses

December 07, 2020 --- University of Illinois

BIDMC Researchers Define Immune System’s Requirements for Protection Against COVID-19

December 04, 2020 --- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Outbreak Investigation Reveals “Super-Spreader” Potential of Andes Virus

December 03, 2020 --- USAMRIID

Genetically Engineered T Cells Could Lead to Therapies for Autoimmune Diseases

December 03, 2020 --- University of Arizona Health Sciences

Oral Drug Blocks SARS-CoV-2 Transmission, Georgia State Biomedical Sciences Researchers Find

December 03, 2020 --- Georgia State University

Research Reveals How a Fungal Infection Activates Inflammation

December 02, 2020 --- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Scientists Identify Warning Signs Over Effectiveness of HIV “Wonder Drug” in Sub-Saharan Africa

December 01, 2020 --- University of Cambridge

November 2020

HIV-Like Virus Edited Out of Primate Genome

November 30, 2020 --- Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine

Penn State Researcher to Explore How Vitamin D Affects COVID-19

November 23, 2020 --- Penn State

Folding of SARS-CoV2 Genome Reveals Drug Targets – and Preparation for “SARS-CoV3”

November 20, 2020 --- Goethe University

New Effective and Safe Antifungal Isolated from Sea Squirt Microbiome

November 19, 2020 --- University of Wisconsin–Madison

Lethal Brain Infections in Mice Thwarted by Decoy Molecule

November 18, 2020 --- Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Researchers Offer New Strategy to Stop COVID-19

November 18, 2020 --- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Engineered Immune Cells Elicit Broad Response to HIV in Mice, Offering Hope for Vaccine or Functional Cure

November 18, 2020 --- Scripps Research

Antiviral Defense from the Gut

November 18, 2020 --- Harvard Medical School

Potential Cholera Vaccine Target Discovered

November 17, 2020 --- Massachusetts General Hospital

Solving a Mystery—How the TB Bacterium Develops Rapid Resistance to Antibiotics

November 17, 2020 --- San Diego State University

Metabolic Signaling Plays a Crucial Role in Regulating Specialized T Cells

November 17, 2020 --- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Repurposed Mouse Model Sheds Light on Loss of Smell in COVID-19

November 16, 2020 --- University of Iowa

ACTG Presents Data Showing Minimal Monitoring Approach to Hepatitis C Treatment is Safe and Successful at AASLD’s 2020 Liver Meeting

November 16, 2020 --- ACTG

The Final Stage—Antibody Evolution May Predict COVID-19 Outcomes

November 13, 2020 --- Mass General Hospital

Secret to Superbug’s Virulence in Diabetic Infections

November 13, 2020 --- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Parasitic Worms Offer “the Missing Link” on the Dual Nature of a Key Immune Regulator

November 13, 2020 --- University of Pennsylvania

Study—Respiratory Failure in COVID-19 Usually Not Driven by Cytokine Storm

November 13, 2020 --- Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis