The system launched to detect COVID-19 should now transition to a broader goal of detecting prevalent and emerging pathogens, according to a report from a committee chaired by WSU’s Guy Palmer.
The WSU application could revolutionize the way scientists study hair and ultimately lead to the development of health diagnostics based solely on hair.
The program between WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine and the Universidad de Valle de Guatemala is creating opportunities in science for native Guatemalan undergraduates.
The funding will help identify and track respiratory pathogens in the Pacific Northwest, including avian influenza virus.
A WSU study exploring how the human immune system mounts a defense against Q fever could pave the way to better treatments for the disease and others like it.
A WSU-led study has found the some of the world’s deadliest bacteria seek out and feed on human blood, a phenomenon researchers are calling “bacterial vampirism.”
A new mobile phone-based facial recognition application for dogs has the potential to significantly improve rabies vaccination efforts in endemic areas like Africa and Asia.
The four-year National Institutes of Health grant is aimed at helping WSU researchers stop viruses before they cause infections in their hosts.
A bioreactor developed by WSU researchers to rapidly grow cancer-killing white blood cells could advance the availability of immunotherapy.
New WSU research has pinpointed a protein that appears to play a role in how a harmful bacteria establishes itself in ticks before being transmitted to human hosts.
