Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

University of Missouri scientists receive $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine clues about the rate ...

Herpesvirus triggers cervical cancer affecting nearly 1 in 4 adult sea lions

Sea lions are critical model for understanding how cancer develops, parallels to human cancer researchCredit: Credit © The Marine Mammal ...

Anti-inflammatory drug protects against lethal inflammation from COVID-19 in animal models

Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Mount Sinai researchers have found that a widely available and inexpensive drug targeting inflammatory genes ...

Viewing the virus close up

Technology project with Heidelberg participation wants to develop compact cell-imaging for extensive applicationCredit: Venera Weinhardt How do viral pathogens succeed ...

COVID-19 pandemic has led to more advanced-stage cancer diagnoses, physician survey finds

Credit: American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., March 30, 2021 -- Doctors who oversee cancer clinics say that ...

T cells recognize recent SARS-CoV-2 variants

NIAID research suggests protective effects of vaccination remain intactCredit: NIAID WHAT: When variants of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) ...

Mysteries of malaria infections deepen after human trial study

Scientists have discovered that tracking malaria as it develops in humans is a powerful way to detect how the malaria ...

Factors that may predict next pandemic

Climate change associated with emerging disease spreadCredit: Singh et al. Humans are creating or exacerbating the environmental conditions that could ...

Chronic viral infections can have lasting effects on human immunity, similar to aging

Researchers identify signatures of immune dysfunction that are shared in aging and chronic viral infections of HIV and Hepatitis CCredit: ...

NIST develops privacy-preserving ‘encounter metrics’ that could slow down future pandemics

Credit: B. Hayes/NIST When you bump into someone in the workplace or at your local coffee shop, you might call ...

Differences in herpes virus symptoms may relate to variations in strain gene expression

Credit: Colleen Mangold, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Why do some people with cold sores around their lips experience ...

Scientists urge swift action to prepare for next pandemic

Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications An international team of researchers led by a University of Virginia School of Medicine ...

Scientists identify virus-cell interaction that may explain COVID-19’s high infection rate

Lehigh researchers quantify the specific interaction between the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes COVID-19 -- with ...

University of Ottawa receives $9 million from CIHR to track COVID-19 variants of concern