Researchers uncover mechanisms of protective antibody response during Marburg infection
Virus causes hemorrhagic fever often leading to deathCredit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - A ...
Tag: Disease in the Developing World
Easing the burden of coronavirus with virtual reality
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 21, 2020--A new article discusses the psychological stresses imposed by ...
Tele-diabetes to manage new-onset diabetes during COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 21, 2020--Two new case studies highlight the use of tele-diabetes ...
Study describes cocktail of pharmaceuticals in waters in Bangladesh
Antifungals, antibiotics and other drugs were found in water in urban and rural areas, raising concerns about the spread of ...
New route of assembly and ionic channel traffic in cardiac cells
Ionic channels: frontiers in cell membranesCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Ionic channels -integral proteins in the cell membrane- are essential in ...
Mystery solved, rotavirus VP3 is a unique capping machine
Credit: CDC / Bryon Skinner After eluding researchers for more than 30 years, the VP3 protein of rotavirus has finally ...
Staff at Berkeley Lab’s X-Ray facility mobilize to support COVID-19-related research
Advanced Light Source experiments focus on proteins related to virus that has infected about 2 million people worldwideCredit: Thor Swift, ...
Chemist developing 3D simulations of coronavirus spike proteins
Research will show how the virus binds to human cell receptors and will aid the development of vaccines and therapeuticsCredit: ...
Anesthesiologists on the front lines of treating surgical COVID-19 patients
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 14, 2020--A new study examined the knowledge and attitudes of ...
COVID-19: Australian research offers hope as world struggles with ventilator shortage
Credit: Monash University Researchers from The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Monash University and the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, have achieved a ...
Should infants be separated from COVID-19-positive mothers?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 9, 2020--In a new commentary, Alison Stuebe, MD, President of ...
Call to action: Traditional, complementary and integrative health COVID-19 support registry
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 9, 2020--The new, global Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Health and ...
Stanford researchers show how forest loss leads to spread of disease
Credit: Laura Bloomfield Viruses that jump from animals to people, like the one responsible for COVID-19, will likely become more ...
Successful online management of COVID-19 infection
Credit: May Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 6, 2020--A team of researchers in Wuhan, China have developed ...
Development of new system for combatting COVID-19 that can be used for other viruses
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - A multidisciplinary team at The University of Texas ...
Simple, low-cost ventilator builds on available resuscitation bags
Credit: Steven Norris, Georgia Tech A simple, low-cost ventilator based on the resuscitation bags carried in ambulances - and widely ...
NYU researchers rush to capture human interactions with surfaces likely to carry COVID-19
Team from NYU Tandon School of Engineering and School of Global Health will share information gathered from New York City ...
Blocking the iron transport could stop tuberculosis
Credit: Imre Gonda, University of Zurich One of the most devastating pathogens that lives inside human cells is Mycobacterium tuberculosis, ...
Mucus and the coronavirus
University of Utah biomedical engineers will study the role mucus plays in spreading a coronavirus like COVID-19Credit: Dan Hixson/University of ...
The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Comprehensive COVID-19 hospitalisation and death rate estimates help countries best prepare as global pandemic unfolds
The death rate from confirmed COVID-19 cases is estimated at 1.38%, while the overall death rate, which includes unconfirmed cases, ...