Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

May 12, 2021

Credit: University of Cambridge A short online game designed to fight conspiracies about COVID-19 boosts people's confidence in detecting misinformation ...

COVID-19 vaccine does not damage the placenta in pregnancy

Study adds to growing evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are safe in pregnancyCredit: Northwestern University CHICAGO --- A new Northwestern Medicine ...

Gene editing expands to new types of immune cells

Gladstone researchers fine-tuned CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing to work on human immune cells called monocytesCredit: Photo: Michael Short/Gladstone Institutes In the ...

Phenomenon explains why patients who survive sepsis die sooner after hospital discharge

A review article by Brazilian researchers shows that alterations in the defense cell metabolism may explain why many patients who ...

Rules of the road: the navigational ‘strategies’ of bacteria in motion

Wide ranging implications -- from the health of the environment to the spread of infectious diseasesCredit: McGill University Bacteria that ...

Researchers find target to fight antibiotic resistance

Significance of molecule in bacteria was previously unknownCredit: Ali Ennis Gram-negative bacteria are the bane of health care workers' existence. ...

Lab reveals how an oral antiviral drug confuses the replication machinery of SARS-CoV-2

Molnupiravir under consideration for emergency use in India to slow explosive spread of COVID-19 infections.Credit: Supplied by Matthias Gotte A ...

University of Miami researchers report COVID-19 found in penile tissue could contribute to ED

First to demonstrate COVID-19 present in penis tissue long after COVID-19 recoveryCredit: Dr. Ranjith Ramasamy/University of Miami Health System University ...

COVID-19 wastewater testing proves effective in new study

Research offers much-needed guidance for early detection in nursing homes, dorms, barracksCredit: Sanjay Suchak | UVA Communications Wastewater testing is ...

New material to treat wounds can protect against resistant bacteria

First successful implementation of new antibacterial technologyCredit: Anna-Lena Lundqvist/Chalmers Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new ...

Scientists develop better way to block viruses that cause childhood respiratory infections

Credit: Images by Victor Outlaw. MADISON - By engineering a short chunk of protein, or peptide, that can prevent the ...

The ‘key’ to new COVID-19 vaccine development

Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - New variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus most likely will necessitate the ...

New tools enable rapid analysis of coronavirus sequences and tracking of variants

UShER allows researchers to quickly see how a new viral sequence is related to all other variants of SARS-CoV-2, crucial ...

Rapid lifestyle changes during early COVID-19 pandemic had no impact on climate change