Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Credit: Jason McLellan/University of Texas at Austin The experimental vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 that was the first to enter human trials ...

New findings on enzymes with important role in SARS-CoV-2 infection

Credit: The Human Protein Atlas programme Researchers at Uppsala University have described the presence, throughout the human body, of the ...

NIH-Moderna investigational COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in mouse studies

Vaccine currently being evaluated in Phase 3 clinical testingCredit: NIH WHAT: The investigational vaccine known as mRNA-1273 protected mice from ...

First drug for hepatitis D has been approved by european commission

A chronic disease becomes treatableCredit: Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg What started off as basic research 25 years ago has now lead to ...

No air, no problem: How parasites switch to life without oxygen inside host

Alternative splicing flips enzyme core to enable anaerobic metabolism in low oxygen conditionsCredit: Margot Lautens Unique molecular mechanics allowing parasites ...

Study suggests embryos could be susceptible to coronavirus

Credit: Zernicka-Goetz lab Genes that are thought to play a role in how the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects our cells have ...

Photodynamic therapy can combat secondary infections in COVID-19 patients

Researchers at the Optics and Photonics Research Center, supported by FAPESP, advocate the technique as an additional treatment for patients ...

AI may offer a better way to ID drug-resistant superbugs

Machine learning algorithm uses high-temporal-resolution growth curves to identify pathogens with 98% accuracy and predict antibiotic resistance just as well ...

NIH launches clinical trial to test antibody treatment in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Study aims to determine safety and efficacy of experimental monoclonal antibodiesCredit: NIAID Patients admitted with COVID-19 at select hospitals may ...

Researchers develop new mouse model for SARS-CoV-2

The model will help speed the development of treatments and vaccines for COVID-19 and highlights the pathologic role of type ...

Identification of a new mechanism in the immune system provides knowledge about diseases

A recently identified mechanism in the immune system reveals a previously unknown protein that could provide an opening to a ...

Tracking and forecasting outbreak risk of dengue, Zika and other Aedes-transmitted diseases

New system infuses 'R0' models with climate information to help public health agencies forecast places and times when environmental conditions ...

NIH trial to test antibodies and other therapeutics for mild, moderate COVID-19

Initial trial to determine if monoclonal antibodies can shorten severity of COVID-19 in outpatientsCredit: NIAID A Phase 2 clinical trial ...

Droplet spread from humans doesn’t always follow airflow

A mathematical model of droplet migration may have important implications for understanding the spread of airborne diseases, such as COVID-19Credit: ...

Exposure to common cold coronaviruses can teach the immune system to recognize SARS-CoV-2

Researchers caution: It is too soon to say whether pre-existing immune cell memory affects COVID-19 clinical outcomesCredit: Gina Kirchweger, La ...

COVID-19: Lower incidence at high altitudes?

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 3, 2020--Despite recent reports of lower COVID-19 incidence among high-altitude ...

Half of low-income communities have no ICU beds

Policies that facilitate hospital coordination are urgently needed to mitigate effects of the COVID-19 pandemicCredit: Health Affairs, August 2020 PHILADELPHIA ...

Tackling the bioethics challenges raised by COVID-19

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (August 3, 2020) - The diverse situations experienced by health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic often ...

How COVID-19 changed the way patients responded to a heart attack

Credit: University of Leeds The death rate for patients who experienced what is normally a lower-risk heart attack rose sharply ...

Researchers uncovered the Zika virus mutation responsible for quick spread, birth defects