Vaccine shows promise against herpes virus
New study demonstrates candidate's potential to generate antibodies, limit viral sheddingCredit: Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln A genetically edited form ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
COVID-19: Enzyme targeted by virus also influences gut inflammation
Cedars-Sinai study suggests ACE2, which helps coronavirus invade cells, may be a double-edged swordCredit: Courtesy of the National Institutes of ...
Mystery molecule in bacteria is revealed to be a guard
Unusual structures in bacterial cells keep viral infection from spreading; a list of new ones could provide improved biotech toolsCredit: ...
USask researchers find face masks don’t hinder breathing during exercise
Credit: John Ko SASKATOON - A new University of Saskatchewan (USask) study has found that exercise performance and blood and ...
Tokyo’s voluntary standstill may have stopped COVID-19 in its tracks
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo - Why did Japan largely contain COVID-19 despite famously jam-packed ...
For quick COVID-19 testing, iSCAN can
Credit: © 2020 Ali et al. A simple COVID-19 test kit combines virus amplification with a CRISPR-Cas system for effective ...
Prejudice, poverty, gender – illustrations show the reality of living with disease
Community-based research programme leads to innovative 'cartoons'Credit: Sightsavers Illustrations by a local artist in Nigeria are helping health workers and ...
Researchers identify key marker to help speed development of CMV vaccines
The finding provides a surrogate for testing the effectiveness of vaccine candidatesCredit: Jennifer Jenks, Duke University School of Medicine DURHAM, ...
Fighting Zika? Call in the T cells
Stopping emerging viruses could depend on getting T cells and antibodies to work togetherCredit: NIAID LA JOLLA--Where Aedes mosquitoes fly, ...
Physician advocates screening teen emergency room patients for sexually transmitted infections
University of Cincinnati researcher says it will help combat future health complicationsCredit: Photo by Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati. A University ...
Case study details leukemia patient who shed infectious SARS-CoV-2 for at least 70 days
Credit: NIAID-RML The majority of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 appear to actively shed infectious virus for about 8 days, but ...
Scientists find Ebola virus antibodies in people before 2018 DRC outbreak
Exposure to Ebola viruses may be more frequent and widespread than previously thoughtCredit: Tracey Goldstein/UC Davis Scientists found antibodies to ...
Delirium could be an early marker of COVID-19
UOC researchers have reviewed the scientific studies published on how the coronavirus affects the central nervous systemCredit: Kat Jayne / ...
Scientists identify synthetic mini-antibody to combat COVID-19
Credit: Rayne Zaayman-Gallant/EMBL The ability of SARS-CoV-2 to infect cells depends on interactions between the viral spike protein and the ...