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Research Roundup: Thermal blankets for preemies, remote critical care, and...
Seated woman holding baby bundled in a blanket East London, Tutura Clinic, Sep 29, 2009 (Photo: PATH/Wendy Stone) Many of the 15 million babies born premature each year struggle with hypothermia and...
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Research Roundup: Vaccines for Rift Valley Fever, MERS, and Zika
A vaccine candidate against Rift Valley Fever appears to be safe and effective for livestock and has the potential for use in humans. Rift Valley Fever—which was recently identified by the World Health...
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Research Roundup: A vaginal ring to prevent HIV, antibodies against Ebola,...
The dapivirine ring (Photo: International Partnership for Microbicides) GHTC member the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) announced last week the results of two phase 3 clinical trials...
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Research Roundup: A novel single-pill HIV treatment, a promising Ebola...
Photo: PATH/Map Photo Agency Gilead Sciences, a California-based biopharmaceutical company, has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Odefsey®, a complete, single-pill regimen for...
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Innovative health tools put the power of protection in women’s hands
The Women’s Condom. Photo: PATH/Glenn Austin This International Women’s Day, GHTC is celebrating two novel, female-initiated health technologies that have the potential to give women and girls greater...
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Research Roundup: antibiotic resistance in preemies, a low-cost TB test, and...
A new study out of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, revealed a proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the gastrointestinal tracts of premature infants....
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Research Roundup: cash prizes for R&D, genetically modified mosquitoes, and...
US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) released a plan last week as part of his Democratic presidential bid to incentivize research and development (R&D) for new HIV/AIDS medicines while ensuring they...
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Research Roundup: Identifying people at-risk for TB, a device to aid IUD...
One-third of the world’s population—more than 2 billion people—has latent tuberculosis (TB) and each year, 9.6 million people develop active TB. However, a team of scientists have identified 16 genes,...
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Research Roundup: Mosquitos and mice in the fight against Zika
Zika virus (Photo: CDC/Cynthia Goldsmith) Amid the Zika outbreak and with new vector control approaches in the pipeline, there has been much talk about the feasibility and potential risks and benefits...
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Research Roundup: legislation to expedite antibiotic R&D, a graduated...
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria (Photo: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)) Until very recently, no new class of antibiotics had been discovered in nearly 30 years....
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