COVID-19 vaccine innovation could dramatically speed up worldwide production
Credit: University of Texas at Austin. Responding to a need to quickly develop billions of doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines, ...
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Lone Star ticks in Illinois can carry, transmit Heartland virus
Symptoms may be mistaken for COVID-19; hospitalizations are commonCredit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have confirmed that ...
Shrinking (ultra)violet
NIST researchers describe unique system for testing how well narrow wavebands of UV light kill germsCredit: T. Larason/NIST While awaiting ...
Neutralizing antibodies isolated from COVID-19 patients may suppress virus
Credit: David Ho / Columbia University Irving Medical Center Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have isolated antibodies from ...
Lab-made virus mimics COVID-19 virus
Is safer to work with, can aid efforts to find drugs, vaccinesCredit: Matt Miller Airborne and potentially deadly, the virus ...
Freeze-framing the shape-shifting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
Cryogenic electron microscopy captures the spike in its 'before' and 'after' shapesCredit: Image created with Molecular Maya by Jonathan Khao, ...
Influenza virus-induced oxidized DNA activates inflammasomes
Credit: ©ICHINOHE Takeshi Both influenza virus M2, a proton-selective ion channel essential for efficient viral replication, and PB1-F2 protein, which ...
Comprehensive description of the human tissue virome in healthy individuals
'Hidden' associations between the human virome and human health and diseaseCredit: ©Kei Sato Human-resident microbes can influence both health and ...
Researchers develop new tools to rapidly test activity of anti-coronavirus antibodies
Credit: Schmidt et al., 2020 Researchers at The Rockefeller University in New York have developed new tools to rapidly test ...
Sanford Burnham Prebys receives CIRM award for COVID-19 research
Researchers will use 'mini lungs in a dish' to test promising drug candidatesCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Sanford ...
New diagnostic test for heart failure patients could also help COVID-19 patients
New coronavirus and cardiovascular disease are linked thanks to ACE2 enzyme and may respond to same treatmentsCredit: Richard Siemens (Edmonton, ...
Scientists trace and identify origin of smallpox vaccine strains used in Civil War
Credit: JD Howell, McMaster University Scientists and historians working at McMaster University, the Mütter Museum and the University of Sydney ...
K-State study first to show SARS-CoV-2 is not transmitted by mosquitoes
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- A new study by Kansas State University researchers is the first to confirm ...
CBD may help avert lung destruction in COVID-19
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Cannabidiol, or CBD, may help reduce the cytokine storm and excessive lung inflammation ...
Penn researchers find three distinct immune responses for sicker COVID-19 patients
New immune profiles could help predict disease and guide treatments, suggests two Penn studiesCredit: University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of ...
Common FDA-approved drug may effectively neutralize virus that causes COVID-19
Heparin could be used as a decoy to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from infecting human cellsCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- ...
New study shows SARS-CoV-2 viral load peaks in the early stages of disease
Less symptomatic patients have a higher viral load when diagnosed and may carry a higher virus shedding risk potential, possibly ...
UTMB researchers have discovered a new antiviral mechanism for dengue therapeutics
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch GALVESTON, Texas - A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch ...
Viral dark matter exposed: Metagenome database detects phage-derived antibacterial enzyme
Scientists demonstrate that the information about host bacteria-bacteriophage (phage) associations derived from world`s first metagenome analysis is useful for the ...
Bats offer clues to treating COVID-19
To combat COVID-19, we need to regulate our immune systems to resemble those of batsCredit: Getty Images photo Bats are ...