ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Our immune systems are made up of billions of white blood cells searching for signs of infections and foreign invaders, ready to raise the alarm. Sandia National Laboratories computer scientists Pat Finley and Drew Levin have been working to improve the U.S. biosurveillance system that alerts authorities to disease outbreaks by mimicking […]
By Mollie Rappe
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Posted in Bioscience / Medical Research, Computing
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Also tagged academic alliance, biomimicry, biosurveillance, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, computer modeling and simulation, deep learning, immune system, influenza, machine learning, University of New Mexico
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March 20, 2017 – 11:58 am
Sandia prototype dramatically cuts cost, time for detection of mosquito-borne illness LIVERMORE, Calif. — Add rapid, mobile testing for Zika and other viruses to the list of things that smartphone technology is making possible. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a smartphone-controlled, battery-operated diagnostic device that weighs under a pound, costs as little as […]
Virus uses known cancer pathway LIVERMORE, Calif. — Viruses can’t live without us — literally. As obligate parasites, viruses need a host cell to survive and grow. Scientists are exploiting this characteristic by developing therapeutics that close off pathways necessary for viral infection, essentially stopping pathogens in their tracks. Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) and […]
By Patti Koning
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Posted in Bioscience / Medical Research
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Also tagged Biology, disease-carrying mosquito, Ebola, infectious disease, Journal of Virology, mosquito, mosquito-borne disease, Rift Valley fever virus, RVFV, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, virus, Wnt pathway
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March 21, 2016 – 10:30 am
Sandia’s QUASR enables speedy, accurate detection of West Nile and other viruses LIVERMORE, Calif. — Mosquitoes are deadly efficient at spreading disease. Despite vaccines and efforts to eradicate the pesky insects, they continue to infect humans with feared diseases like Zika virus, malaria and West Nile virus. Gaining the upper hand on mosquitoes requires speed. […]