Lyme borreliosis is challenging to diagnose, particularly in its early stages. Aptamers targeting CspZ from Borrelia, selected through cross-over SELEX, bind both the recombinant protein and ...

As spring dawns and the hiking season begins, people may increasingly encounter ticks that latch onto ankles and dig into the skin. While most tick bites are harmless, some can spread bacterial ...

Understanding BbLDH and Its Role in Lyme Disease Researchers have identified BbLDH as a critical component for the survival and infectivity of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria responsible for Lyme ...

Researchers have discovered that an enzyme can serve as an ideal target for developing new therapeutics against Lyme disease and, most likely, other tick-borne diseases as well. The finding was ...

In Northern California, the proportion of ticks infected with the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi was the same in shrubland along beaches as in woodland habitats. A series of rodent experiments showed ...

We have developed a fully synthetic lung surfactant preparation, based on designed analogues of surfactant proteins SP-B and SP-C, for treatment of respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants.