A urine test designed for early detection of Lyme disease has shown some success in preliminary research, according to a study published in the Journal of Translational Medicine. The idea for the test ...

Karthik and her team aimed to use CRISPR as a way to identify and isolate a protein generated by the bacteria that cause Lyme ...

WASHINGTON --Diagnosing if a tick bite caused Lyme or another disease can be difficult but scientists are developing a new way to do it early — using a "signature" of molecules in patients' blood.

NEW YORK – Engineers at Columbia University have developed a new test that can diagnose patients with Lyme disease within 15 minutes. Around 300,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease in the U.S.

Lyme disease is a disease that is caused by four main species of bacteria, including Borrelia burgdorferi, which are transmitted to humans by ticks. The disease has been difficult to detect in those ...

Tick-borne illnesses have nearly doubled in the United States since 2004, with Lyme Disease accounting for most of the increase. Early diagnosis of Lyme disease and treatment with antibiotics offers ...

Diagnostic tests for Lyme disease, or Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) can take up to a week, but patients affected need antibiotics as soon as possible to prevent the risk of life-long symptoms. A new ...

You just pulled a deer tick off your body — now what? For Long Islanders, who live in one of the nation’s Lyme disease hot spots, the first thought may be to rush to the doctor’s office or clinic for ...

DUNCANSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Researchers are seeking thousands of volunteers in the U.S. and Europe to test the first potential vaccine against Lyme disease in 20 years -- in hopes of better fighting the ...

Chronic Lyme and other tick-borne diseases continue to disable thousands of people every day. With over 300,000 new cases of Lyme disease occurring each year, and 10-20% of those causing ongoing ...

Some 300,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with Lyme disease every year. Caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted by the bite of infected Ixodes ticks, the disease if left untreated can cause ...