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Simple test for flu could improve diagnosis and surveillance

Broad Institute

Simple test for flu could improve diagnosis and surveillance By Allessandra DiCorato June 18, 2024 Breadcrumb Home Simple test for flu could improve diagnosis and surveillance A low-cost CRISPR-based paper strip test distinguishes between influenza types and can be reprogrammed to recognize different viruses including the H5N1 bird flu virus.

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Battling antibiotic resistance in the lab and the clinic

Broad Institute

Bhattacharyya wears many coats today, splitting his time between the Broad and the infectious disease ward at MGH, where a diagnostic method he developed at Broad is now being tested to see if it helps patients quickly receive the best antibiotics for their infections.

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Women in STEM with Delphine Guyon-Gellin

Drug Target Review

Last summer, we published a first signal of efficacy in humans in the LANCET Infectious Diseases for our lead broad-spectrum influenza candidate, OVX836. She holds a Doctorate from the Ecole Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort and a Master’s degree in Marketing from the HEC Paris.

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Can a heartburn drug help doctors treat COVID-19?

The Pharma Data

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors in Wuhan noticed something surprising. Many of the elderly patients who survived the virus were poor: not exactly the demographic you would expect to fare well in a health crisis. The next challenge was to figure out why.

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Researchers uncover genetic factors for severe Lassa fever

Broad Institute

Researchers uncover genetic factors for severe Lassa fever By Allessandra DiCorato February 8, 2024 Breadcrumb Home Researchers uncover genetic factors for severe Lassa fever New findings from an international collaboration pave the way for studies of highly infectious diseases in Africa such as Ebola. Chan School of Public Health.

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#WhyIScience Q&A: A process development lead returns to her research roots

Broad Institute

By Andrea Tamayo May 30, 2023 Credit: Allison Dougherty, Broad Communications Isabella Teixeira-Soldano studies single cells to better understand disease progression. When I went to school, I was set on becoming a doctor. Then he asked, “Well, why do you want to be a doctor?” What inspired you to do research as an undergrad?

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Defense-Forward Biosecurity

Codon

Doctors in training are told that when they hear hoofbeats, they should think horses, not zebras; rare diseases are the exception, not the rule. Sometimes, though, novel diseases do emerge, and as COVID-19 demonstrated, they can surprise us. This is the third essay of four in our pandemic mini-issue.

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