» Scientists map genome for parasite causing widespread infection; may lead to better treatments for schistomosiasis

Release | Friday Jun 26, 2009

SFBR news release

Scientists at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) have for the first time constructed a genetic map of the parasite that causes schistosomiasis, a chronic intestinal infection that can damage internal organs and, in children, impair growth and cognitive development.

» SFBR's Jean Patterson serves on federal biosecurity panel

Release | Wednesday May 13, 2009

Jean Patterson, Ph.D., chair of the department of virology and immunology at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) in San Antonio, will participate as a panelist for the Working Group on Strengthening the Biosecurity of the United States, a U.S. government-sponsored public consultation to be held today and tomorrow in Bethesda, Md.  

» Experimental vaccine protects animals from deadly Ebola virus; may prove effective in developing the first human vaccine

Release | Thursday Feb 26, 2009

Protection against Ebola, one of the world’s deadliest viruses, can be achieved by a vaccine produced in insect cells, raising prospects for developing an effective vaccine for humans, say scientists at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR).