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Category: Infectious Disease Research

Southern Research influenza

Researcher: Indicator points to active flu season, urges vaccination

December 10, 2019 | by Jerry Underwood | Drug Development, Infectious Disease Research

Are we headed for a rough flu season? Southern Research scientist Landon Westfall, who specializes in influenza and vaccines, says one indicator is flashing a warning sign that the months […]

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Southern Research team targets new, safer drugs for malaria

May 21, 2019 | by Jerry Underwood | Drug Discovery, Infectious Disease Research

Scientists at Southern Research’s Drug Discovery division have joined the fight against malaria through efforts aimed at discovering new drugs and improving the safety and efficacy of current antimalarial medicines. […]

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Southern Research teams with UAB to launch 3 pilot studies

February 20, 2019 | by Jerry Underwood | Drug Development, Drug Discovery, Infectious Disease Research

How certain bacteria may make people more prone to asthma is one topic of three research grants jointly funded by Southern Research and the UAB School of Medicine. These new research […]

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New bacterial signaling language offers pathway to treat infections

February 19, 2019 | by Jerry Underwood | Drug Discovery, Infectious Disease Research

Scientists at the microbiology lab led by Javier Campos-Gómez, Ph.D., in Drug Discovery at Southern Research discovered that Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium responsible for severe, drug-resistant infections in humans, uses […]

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Susan Schader is SR's primary investigator for HIV/AIDS.

SR researcher Susan Schader discusses the future of HIV treatment

August 29, 2018 | by Freida Lindsey | Drug Development, Infectious Disease Research

Prolific, dedicated HIV researcher Susan Schader, Ph.D., believes that a cure for HIV cannot be pursued without first defining the concept of “cure.” “There are many things that go into […]

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Southern Research adds veteran researcher as infectious diseases chair

July 17, 2018 | by Jerry Underwood | Drug Discovery, Infectious Disease Research

Southern Research announced today that accomplished researcher Babu L. Tekwani, Ph.D., has joined the Birmingham-based organization as Distinguished Fellow and Chair of the Infectious Disease Department in Drug Discovery. Tekwani […]

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Southern Research flu pandemic

Southern Research programs aim to shield against pandemic flu dangers

January 23, 2018 | by Jerry Underwood | Drug Development, Infectious Disease Research

With experts predicting another deadly influenza pandemic in the future, Southern Research scientists are working on several fronts to help limit the death toll from a catastrophic flu outbreak that […]

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Southern Research targets bio-threats under BARDA contracts

August 8, 2017 | by Freida Lindsey | Drug Development, Infectious Disease Research

Southern Research has been awarded two contracts from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), which is a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office […]

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Southern Research hepatitis B

Southern Research ready to assist new hepatitis B treatment approaches

July 28, 2017 | by Freida Lindsey | Drug Development, Infectious Disease Research

A Southern Research scientist says a new generation of antiviral therapies is urgently needed against hepatitis B, a chronic disease affecting 240 million people whose cure has proved elusive. Raj […]

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Southern Research probe of Zika looks into ‘rebound virus’

June 21, 2017 | by Freida Lindsey | Drug Development, Infectious Disease Research

Southern Research scientists are investigating how the Zika virus is able to find a safe harbor in an infected host’s tissue and stage a rebound weeks after the virus was […]

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