Immunology
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...
Realtime observation of structural dynamic of influenza A hemagglutinin during viral entry
Credit: Nano Letters Unlike living organisms, to avoid extinction, viruses need to hijack living host machineries to generate new viruses....
Remains of 17th century bishop support neolithic emergence of tuberculosis
Bishop Peder Winstrup of Lund, Sweden passed away in the winter of 1679 at the age of 74 and was...
Virus uses decoy strategy to evade immune system, Otago research reveals
Credit: University of Otago University of Otago researchers have learnt more about how viruses operate and can evade the immune...
Stay-at-home orders significantly associated with reduced spread of COVID-19, study finds
Credit: Mark N Lurie, PhD MPH/Brown University School of Public Health PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Across the globe, COVID-19 has infected...
Research exposes new vulnerability for SARS-CoV-2
Electrostatic interactions enhance the spike protein's bond to host cellsCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern University researchers have uncovered...
Researchers create mask filtration effectiveness hierarchy
Research conducted at an EPA facility on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus shows that expired and sterilized used N95 masks are...
Malaria discovery could expedite antiviral treatment for COVID-19
New research into malaria suggests targeting enzymes from the human host, rather than from the pathogen itself, could offer effective...
COVID-19 Prevention Network launches two research studies evaluating monoclonal antibodies
Credit: CoVPN DURHAM, N.C. - The COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) today announced two Phase 3 trials to determine whether monoclonal...
Retesting for COVID-19: UPMC shares its experience
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10, 2020 - In the first large, multicenter analysis of its kind, the 40-hospital UPMC health...
First patients in NIH ACTIV-3 clinical trial enroll in Dallas
Baylor Scott & White Research Institute becomes first site in the world to conduct new trial testing experimental monoclonal antibodies...
IVI welcomes Finland as 36th member state with flag-raising ceremony
Credit: IVI August 10, 2020 - SEOUL, South Korea - The flag of Finland was raised at the International Vaccine...
NTU develops peptide that makes drug-resistant bacteria sensitive to antibiotics again
Peptide also kills multidrug-resistant bacteria on its ownCredit: NTU Singapore Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed...
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