by Emily Burke, PhD | Jan 28, 2016 | Infectious Disease
Therapies In HIV Pipeline Medicine has made gigantic strides in understanding and treating the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) since its emergence in the early 1980s. Thanks to robust drug discovery efforts, today HIV is managed as a chronic disease instead of the...
by Emily Burke, PhD | Nov 19, 2015 | Infectious Disease
Hepatitis Viruses Explained Curing disease is serious business. Lou Reed, the infamous leader of the rock band Velvet Underground, died in 2013 of complications from hepatitis C and liver disease. Death is the most profound fear for people living with hepatitis C, but...
by Emily Burke, PhD | Aug 27, 2015 | Infectious Disease
Ebola Finally Meets Its Match The headlining Ebola crisis of last summer devastated West Africa, marking the largest outbreak since the discovery of the disease in 1976. The glaring lack of a treatment or vaccine caused the virus to quickly spread within Guinea,...
by Emily Burke, PhD | Feb 11, 2015 | Infectious Disease
The biotech industry gets its fair share of criticism. Take for example HBO’s John Oliver shining his light on biopharma last week and proclaiming drug companies are like high school boyfriends: more interested in getting into patients’ bodies than...
by Emily Burke, PhD | Aug 7, 2014 | Infectious Disease
YEARS IN THE MAKING, EBOLA BUBBLES TO THE SURFACE Bubbling under the surface for years like a volcano packing heat, Ebola erupts into a stark reality for the world health community. First appearring in 1976, Ebola is a classified “Category A” potential...
