Pathogens

Preventing the Next Pandemic

Understanding how viruses and bacteria rely on human cells to survive could reveal new ways to defeat them

Prof. Leah Cowen’s lab aims to understand how C. auris works and how to stop it

Drug-resistant infections are a man-made problem. Is it one we can solve?

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), these are considered the most urgent or serious threats

An Internet-based surveillance system gives physicians the ability to track dangerous new strains of tuberculosis in real time

Architecture grad student Stacie Vos has developed a "smart" shirt that can detect germs and protect its wearer from them

Professor Leah Cowen is researching a way to lower drug resistance in fungi

Portable device would offer hospitals a quicker way to test patients for infectious diseases

Making it easier for scientists to target drug therapy