Predicting the impacts of white-nose syndrome in bats
Credit: Virginia Tech Since 2005, millions of bats have perished from white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus ...
Tag: Virology
New kind of CRISPR technology to target RNA, including RNA viruses like coronavirus
New genetic screening platform using CRISPR technology for targeting thousands of genes in a massively-parallel fashion; accurate and fast method ...
Fall precipitation predicts abundance of curly top disease and guides weed management
Credit: Erik Lehnhoff and Rebecca Creamer Transmitted by an insect known as the beet leafhopper, curly top disease is a ...
Something in the water
Brazilian study correlates consumption of contaminated water with the severity of malformations caused by the Zika virusCredit: D'Or Institute for ...
LJI scientists identify potential targets for immune responses to novel coronavirus
Their analysis provides essential information for vaccine design and the evaluation of diagnostics and vaccine candidatesCredit: Grifoni et al./Cell Host ...
Disease-causing virus manipulates crop plants to favor its vector
Credit: Nick Sloff, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The virus that causes barley yellow dwarf, the most widespread disease ...
How a virus forms its symmetric shells
UC Riverside-led study could inform the design of engineered nano-shells used in drug deliveryCredit: Zandi lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. ...
Princeton researchers identify factors essential for chronic hepatitis B infection
Virus uses these factors to establish itself permanently in the liverCredit: Image courtesy of Lei Wei and Alexander Ploss, Princeton ...
Mosquito-borne viral diseases
European project of the University of Bayreuth studies the influence of biodiversityCredit: Graphic: Nils Tjaden. As a result of climate ...
Individual response to COVID-19 ‘as important’ as government action
Credit: Reprinted from The Lancet, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30567-5, Anderson et al., Figure 1, How will country-based mitigation measures influence the course of ...
VIDO-InterVac-led research team at USask awarded almost $1M to fight new coronavirus
Credit: Debra Marshall A University of Saskatchewan research team and collaborating scientists from across the country have been awarded almost ...
Preventing spread of SARS coronavirus-2 in humans
Göttingen infection researchers identify potential drugCredit: Illustration: Markus Hoffmann Several coronaviruses circulate worldwide and constantly infect humans, which normally caused ...
App, AI work together to provide rapid at-home assessment of coronavirus risk
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University A coronavirus app coupled with machine intelligence will soon enable an individual to ...
Even fake illness affects relationships among vampire bats
Credit: Josh More As Italy urges tourists not to cancel their plans in the face of the coronavirus outbreak and ...
Newfound cell defense system features toxin-isolating ‘sponges’
Credit: Courtesy of Nature A "decoy" mechanism has been found in human and animal cells to protect them from potentially ...
Survival of the fittest: How primate immunodeficiency viruses are evolving
Credit: Department of Molecular Virology,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) discover a novel mechanism by which immunodeficiency ...
Outsmarting pathogens
Scientists will present new research on antibiotic resistance, drug discovery, and the flu at the APS March Meeting in DenverCredit: ...
HKUST scientists shed light on COVID-19 vaccine development
Credit: HKUST A team of scientists at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has recently made an ...
When coronavirus is not alone
Team of complexity scientists present 'meme' model for multiple diseasesCredit: Joshua Brown/UVM Interacting contagious diseases like influenza and pneumonia follow ...
Columbia University researchers awarded $2M to identify antiviral drugs for coronavirus
Credit: Columbia Unversity Irving Medical Center Four research teams at Columbia University will share a $2.1 million grant to mount ...