RAMBO speeds searches on huge DNA databases
Rice method cuts indexing times from weeks to hours, search times from hours to minutesCredit: Courtesy G. Gupta/Rice University HOUSTON ...
Tag: Virology
New tools for pandemic prevention research: DNA sequencing from water and leech
Credit: Andrew Tilker/Leibniz-IZW In a new scientific investigation headed by the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW), ...
Edible Cholera vaccine made of powdered rice proves safe in phase 1 human trials
Study points towards role of gut microbiome in vaccine effectivenessCredit: Image by Dr. Hiroshi Kiyono, CC BY 4.0 A new ...
AI used to predict unknown links between viruses and mammals
Credit: Dr Maya Wardeh A new University of Liverpool study could help scientists mitigate the future spread of zoonotic and ...
Sneeze cam reveals best fabric combos for cloth masks (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society During the COVID-19 pandemic, cloth face masks became a way to help protect yourself and others ...
Long COVID symptoms likely caused by Epstein-Barr virus reactivation
Credit: Jeffrey E. Gold, Ramazan A. Okyay, Warren E. Licht, and David J. Hurley Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) reactivation resulting from ...
Low-cost method for finding new coronavirus variants
Credit: Stefan Zimmerman Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a technology for cost-effective surveillance of the global spread ...
UM student, researchers analyze Montana childhood under vaccination
Credit: Kayla Irish MISSOULA - The map of Montana Kayla Irish pulls up is peppered with red circles, each cluster ...
RedHill announces presentation of positive oral opaganib phase 2 data in COVID-19
Opaganib was associated with a reduction in the need for supplemental oxygen support, earlier time to discharge from hospital and ...
Microscopy deep learning predicts viral infections
Credit: University of Zurich In humans, adenoviruses can infect the cells of the respiratory tract, while herpes viruses can infect ...
The paths through which COVID-19 spread across Brazil
The impact of super-spreader cities, highways, and intensive care availability in the early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic in BrazilCredit: ...
Trojan horses & tunneling nanotubes: Ebola research at Texas Biomed gets NIH funding boost
Two new grants support research exploring how Ebola virus spreads in the body with implication for targeted viral treatmentsCredit: Texas ...
New model accounts for the effect of behavior changes to predict COVID-19 cases
Credit: Srivastava Lab / Brown Univeristy PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- By adding behavioral components to an infectious disease model, Brown University ...
AI predicts how patients with viral infections, including COVID-19, will fare
Gene expression patterns associated with pandemic viral infections provide a map to help define patients' immune responses, measure disease severity, ...