Diagnostics, meet CRISPR
New CRISPR diagnostic testCredit: Michael Kaminski, MDC The simplicity of urine sampling has been combined with the excellent sensing abilities ...
Tag: Virology
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 ...
Artificial intelligence enables COVID-19 lung imaging analysis at UC San Diego Health
With support from Amazon Web Services, health care providers are using AI in a clinical research study aimed at speeding ...
Successful MERS vaccine in mice may hold promise for COVID-19 vaccine
Credit: NIH Researchers at the University of Iowa and the University of Georgia have developed a vaccine that fully protects ...
MCG’s GEM Lab offering coronavirus testing statewide
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University The Georgia Esoteric and Molecular Laboratory at the Medical College of Georgia Department ...
Efforts to control livestock disease PPRV should focus on herd management style, not age
Credit: Rod Waddington/Flickr UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The risk of transmitting the virus PPRV, which produces a highly infectious and ...
Viruses don’t have a metabolism; but some have the building blocks for one
Virginia Tech researchers discovered genes for cellular metabolic cycles in the genomes of giant virusesCredit: Dr. Chuan Xiao and Yuejiao ...
Coronavirus: Virological findings from patients treated in a Munich hospital
Comprehensive research data now published in NatureCredit: Photo: Müller/Charité In early February, research teams from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, München ...