All infectious disease

A woman in a white lab coat and blue gloves holds a pipette while working at a lab bench.

April 21, 2025

Kanchan Jaswal: Uncovering a key to infection in the gut microbiota

Microbiology researcher named 2024-25 Postdoctoral Scholar of the Year

A man in a white lab coat and glasses sits at a computer in a lab

April 21, 2025

Lijun Rong: Developing therapies to fight the next pandemic 

Professor named 2024-25 Distinguished Researcher in Basic Life Sciences

Four men, two standing and two sitting, in front of a computer monitor showing multi-colored cells.

March 10, 2025

Intranasal herpes infection may produce neurobehavioral symptoms, UIC study finds 

Experiments show virus can cause cognitive, motor and anxiety issues

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November 15, 2024

Zinc deficiency increases risk of drug-resistant pneumonia

Shortage of dietary metal leads to allergy-like response, increased mortality

A blue virus and a red virus connected at the middle.

August 26, 2024

COVID virus evolves more rapidly in the central nervous system than in the lungs, study finds 

Viral evolution in the brain could produce variants of concern, neurological symptoms

April 15, 2024

‘Double-edged’ transcription factor affects flu response

A genetic transcription factor involved in lung cancer and pneumonia also mediates the body’s response to influenza

split image of medication capsules and a syringe filled with liquid

July 10, 2017

Trial to compare injection to daily pills for HIV prevention

UIC recruiting participants for clinical trial