Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

April 12, 2021

Credit: Halil Ibrahimi While the new Coronavirus will, hopefully, be effectively controlled sooner rather than later, its latest namesake is ...

Ben-Gurion University researchers developing probiotic yogurt-based drugs

April 12, 2021

Credit: Credit: Dani Machlis BEER-SHEVA, Israel...April 13, 2021 - Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have for the ...

Brain disease transmitted by tick bites may be treatable

Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Immunology at The Rockefeller University Tick-borne encephalitis is a disease just as nasty as it sounds. Once ...

More nuanced approach to deciding who gets COVID-19 vaccine needed in face of third wave

Job site and neighborhood risks should be taken into account when setting priorities, authors argueCredit: Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, ...

Using genetics, researchers identify potential drugs for early treatment of COVID-19

Credit: Frank Curran A new study using human genetics suggests researchers should prioritize clinical trials of drugs that target two ...

Antibody binding-site conserved across COVID-19 virus variants

The structural revelation could have implications as a therapeutic target in all SARS-CoV-2 variantsCredit: Kelly Lab/Penn State A tiny protein ...

Brain organoids uncover various mechanisms of virus-induced microcephaly

Credit: Copyright: Krenn/CellStemCell/IMBA Researchers at IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences - demonstrate that ...

COVID-19 causes ‘unexpected’ cellular response in the lungs, research finds

Credit: Purdue University photo/ Rebecca McElhoe WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - New insights into the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infections could ...

The tuberculosis pathogen releases its toxin by a novel protein transport system

This transport system may be widespread across many Gram-positive bacteria that contain proteins in the WXG100 superfamily. Tuberculosis kills 1 ...

Two studies support key role for immune system in shaping SARS-CoV-2 evolution

New findings and novel technology could inform COVID-19 treatment and vaccine-development effortsCredit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH, 2020 ...

Purdue scientists use malaria expertise to track COVID-19 variants

Credit: Purdue University photo/Rebecca McElhoe WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Scientists have been using genetics to track diseases for decades. Now, ...

NIH experts call for accelerated research to address concurrent HIV and COVID-19 pandemics

Credit: NIAID WHAT: The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting people with or at risk for HIV both indirectly, by interfering with ...

One in ten have long-term effects 8 months following mild COVID-19

April 7, 2021

Credit: Ludvig Kostyal Eight months after mild COVID-19, one in ten people still has at least one moderate to severe ...

Ultrasensitive, rapid diagnostic detects Ebola earlier than gold standard test