Immunology
Researchers develop a fast, accurate, low-cost COVID-19 test
Credit: NIH Image Gallery, 2018 A new low-cost diagnostic test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) quickly delivers accurate results without...
Additional data on blood thinner efficacy for COVID-19 and insight on best possible regimens
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Mount Sinai researchers were among the first to show that...
Novotech the Asia-Pacific CRO – ‘2020 Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific CRO Company of the year’
Novotech, the largest biotech specialist CRO in the Asia-Pacific region, was awarded the '2020 Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific CRO Company...
How effective does a COVID-19 vaccine need to be to stop the pandemic?
This question as well as coronavirus-related discrimination, population vulnerability, anxiety, and depression are explored in recent articles in the American...
Effectiveness of cloth masks depends on type of covering
Credit: Padmanabha Prasanna Simha, Indian Space Research Organisation WASHINGTON, August 25, 2020 -- Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing a...
Polymers prevent potentially hazardous mist during dentist visit
During a pandemic, the problem of aerosolized saliva droplets at a dentist's office is acute. Thanks to polymer viscoelasticity, dentists...
First review of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 infection models
First review of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 infection models aims to fast track researchCredit: freestock-awl unsplash An international collaboration between leading...
Metabolic syndrome linked to worse outcomes for COVID-19 patients
Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were over three times more likely to die if they had metabolic syndromeCredit: Paula Burch-Celentano, Tulane...
Flexible targets help immune system make finely-tuned antibodies
An in-depth Garvan study of how the immune system generates effective antibodies provides new insights for vaccine design.Credit: Dr Ofir...
Large molecules need more help to travel through a nuclear pore into the cell nucleus
Model systems based on virus capsids have shown how large biomolecules are able to penetrate a cell nucleus / The...
New study: MassBiologics discovers antibodies that may protect against COVID-19
Credit: UMass Medical School A new study by researchers at MassBiologics of UMass Medical School published in Nature Communications suggests...
Nasal vaccine against COVID-19 prevents infection in mice
Nasal delivery produces more widespread immune response than intramuscular injectionCredit: Hassan et al. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine...
VUMC awarded $34 million to lead nationwide convalescent plasma study
Study's launch supported by the Dolly Parton COVID-19 Research FundCredit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has...
Vaccine that harnesses antifungal immunity protects mice from staph infection
Credit: NIAID Immunization of mice with a new vaccine consisting of fungal particles loaded with Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) proteins...
LSU Health New Orleans team creates better tool to aid COVID diagnosis
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA -- An LSU Health New Orleans radiologist and evolutionary anatomist have teamed...
Cryo-EM study yields new clues to chicken pox infection
Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Despite decades of study, exactly how herpesviruses invade our cells remains something of a...
LJI team gets first-ever look at a rare but vital stem cell in humans
New understanding of immune cell origins may offer cancer and COVID-19 drug targetsCredit: Daniel Araujo, La Jolla Institute for Immunology...
Federal and state websites flunk COVID-19 reading-level review
Online pages used long sentences, complex wording when sharing health infoCredit: Richard Clark/Dartmouth College HANOVER, N.H. - August 18, 2020...
3D printing steps up to the frontlines in the battle against Covid-19
The versatility of 3D printing has enabled on demand solutions for needs ranging from personal protection equipment to medical devices...
Wits University begins its second Covid-19 vaccine trial in South Africa
Wits University is the lead institution in South Africa for a second Covid-19 vaccine trial and will begin screening participants...