Antibiotic and antiretroviral drug effects on breast milk are explored for mothers living with HIV

Infectious disease

Antibiotic and antiretroviral drug effects on breast milk are explored for mothers living with HIV

Infants carry a vast assemblage of bacteria, viruses and fungi in their guts. Combined, these microbes make up a complex ecology known as the gut microbiome, which plays a major

Joshua LaBaer and research team in laboratory, all wearing masks and lab coats.

ASU Biodesign Clinical Testing Laboratory receives coveted CAP accreditation

The Biodesign Clinical Testing Laboratory at Arizona State University has received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the nation’s largest organization of board-certified pathologists. The CAP Accreditation Committee has awarded accreditation based

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New funding advances Biodesign SARS-CoV-2 research

Biodesign researcher Dr. Efrem Lim began studying the human virome long before the arrival of SARS-CoV-2 and the global pandemic. His innovative use of high-throughput viral sequencing and functional studies of viral

Joshua LaBaer and research team in laboratory, all wearing masks and lab coats.

State recognizes ASU Biodesign Institute’s response to COVID-19 with Innovator of the Year Award

Since the rise of COVID-19 in our state last spring, the Arizona State University Biodesign Institute has worked tirelessly to respond, in particular by providing rapid public testing for the virus and

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Tuberculosis, then and now: From Old West to a new test to rapidly identify worldwide infections

Tuberculosis, once better known as consumption for the way its victims wasted away, has a long and deadly history, with estimates indicating it may have killed more people than any

Arntzen wears a lab coat and holds a banana plant.

Going bananas for vaccines

Recently, ASU scientist Charles Arntzen’s pioneering plant-based vaccine efforts were highlighted in an article in the Los Angeles Times covering the history of bananas and genetic engineering. LA Times health