New nanocarrier drug delivery technology crosses the blood-brain barrier
Credit: Professor Sumio Ohtsuki A Japanese research team has developed a cyclic peptide (a chain of amino acids bonded circularly) ...
Tag: Virology
Mystery solved, rotavirus VP3 is a unique capping machine
Credit: CDC / Bryon Skinner After eluding researchers for more than 30 years, the VP3 protein of rotavirus has finally ...
New universal Ebola vaccine may fight all four virus species that infect humans
Early preclinical tests in lab models are encouragingCredit: NIAID CINCINNATI - Infectious disease scientists report early development of a potential ...
IVI, INOVIO, and KNIH partner with CEPI in a Phase I/II trial of INOVIO’s COVID-19 vaccine
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) grants funding $6.9 million to INOVIO and IVI to conduct clinical testing in ...
Indoor precautions essential to stem airborne COVID-19
Researchers are urging health authorities to immediately recognise the role of airborne transmission of COVID-19 virus droplets from an infected ...
COVID-19 — Impact of containment measures in Italy: 200,000 hospitalizations avoided in March
Italian researchers say: 'It is possible to reconstruct the map of disease diffusion' infection has been reduced up to 45% ...
Staff at Berkeley Lab’s X-Ray facility mobilize to support COVID-19-related research
Advanced Light Source experiments focus on proteins related to virus that has infected about 2 million people worldwideCredit: Thor Swift, ...
WPI researcher’s paper on COVID-19 published in Viruses journal
Professor Dmitry Korkin's peer-reviewed paper draws parallels to SARS virus; Says 3D roadmap of novel coronavirus can be used "to ...
Chemist developing 3D simulations of coronavirus spike proteins
Research will show how the virus binds to human cell receptors and will aid the development of vaccines and therapeuticsCredit: ...
UMass Amherst scientists prepare sterile solution for COVID-19 tests
Critical shortage of viral transport media has hampered diagnostic testing during pandemicCredit: UMass Amherst Answering an urgent call for assistance ...
Barcelona-based synthetic biology company secures two-million-euro investment
Credit: M Lluch Luis Serrano and Maria Lluch of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have founded Pulmobiotics ...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing, next steps, and the role of small business
Credit: NIAID-RML, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en) The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. ...
Diagnostics, meet CRISPR
New CRISPR diagnostic testCredit: Michael Kaminski, MDC The simplicity of urine sampling has been combined with the excellent sensing abilities ...
Ocular scientists advise contact lens & spectacles wearers during COVID-19 pandemic
New findings published in Contact Lens & Anterior Eye provide evidence-based guidance for practitioners and patients, including 5 important facts ...
UPMC led global trial fast tracks testing of hydroxychloroquine, other COVID-19 therapies
Credit: Elena Gialamas Cerri/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, April 9, 2020 - A novel clinical trial developed by researchers at the ...
Stuttering DNA orchestrates the start of the mosquito’s life
Credit: Hans Smid All organisms have DNA, the genetic material that provides a blueprint for life. The long double-helix-shaped DNA ...
Newly emerged enterovirus-A71 C4 isolates may be more virulent than B5 in northern Vietnam
Kanazawa University researchers identified a novel sublineage of enterovirus A71-C4 isolates with two recombinants, which showed greater virulence than the ...
UC Davis researchers launch new COVID-19 tracking application
New web app offers user-friendly data visualization and maps of cases and testingCredit: Christopher Barker / UC Davis Researchers at ...
UC San Diego to advance stem cell therapies in new space station lab
UC San Diego and Space Tango receive NASA award to develop first dedicated stem cell research laboratory within the International ...
The link between virus spillover, wildlife extinction and the environment
The same processes that threaten wildlife increase our risk of spilloverCredit: Christine K. Johnson, UC Davis As COVID-19 spreads across ...