Genetically engineered mice could take the bite out of Lyme disease on Nantucket, scientists say
Professor Sam Telford & MIT collaborators on the Mice Against Ticks project are featured by 60 Minutes on their work to fight Lyme disease.
Infectious Disease
Can Wastewater Surveillance Work Without Sewers?
Study shows how places without modern sanitation systems can still use wastewater to catch outbreaks before dangerous diseases travel across borders
TB Bacteria Play Possum to Evade Vaccines
Genetic study reveals how Mycobacterium tuberculosis survives in vaccinated or previously infected hosts
How Bird Flu Became a Human Pandemic Threat
Scientist Wendy Puryear is quoted throughout a Scientific American podcast on avian influenza.
Yikes! Boston Rats Spreading Disease
Research from Assistant Professor Marieke Rosenbaum into rats and leptospirosis is discussed on WBZ Radio’s Nightside with Dan Rea.
Rats in Boston may be spreading potentially deadly disease, Tufts University study says
Research from Assistant Professor Marieke Rosenbaum into rats and leptospirosis is highlighted in this CBS Boston story.
Rats in Boston are spreading a potentially deadly disease, research says
Assistant Professor Marieke Rosenbaum is quoted through this Boston Globe feature story on her research on rats and leptospirosis.
Urban Rats Spread Deadly Bacteria as They Migrate, Study Finds
Researchers examined rodent behavior to show how different populations are related and how their movement spreads leptospirosis
State experts raise alarms about the nation’s readiness to respond to bird flu: ‘It may erupt’
Jonathan Runstadler comments on how the bird flu virus is always changing.