Conservationists may be unintentionally spreading pathogens between threatened animal populations
Credit: David Aldridge Moving endangered species to new locations is often used as part of species conservation strategies, and can ...
Tag: Virology
Brain disease transmitted by tick bites may be treatable
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Immunology at The Rockefeller University Tick-borne encephalitis is a disease just as nasty as it sounds. Once ...
Brain organoids uncover various mechanisms of virus-induced microcephaly
Credit: Copyright: Krenn/CellStemCell/IMBA Researchers at IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences - demonstrate that ...
Two studies support key role for immune system in shaping SARS-CoV-2 evolution
New findings and novel technology could inform COVID-19 treatment and vaccine-development effortsCredit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH, 2020 ...
Ultrasensitive, rapid diagnostic detects Ebola earlier than gold standard test
Portable platform detects early biomarkers of the Ebola virus faster than PCR, the current industry standardCredit: Michaela Kane, Duke University ...
First images of cells exposed to COVID-19 vaccine reveal native-like Coronavirus spikes
Credit: University of Southampton New research has for the first time compared images of the protein spikes that develop on ...
The incredible bacterial ‘homing missiles’ that scientists want to harness
A Berkeley Lab-led team is digging into the bizarre bacteria-produced nanomachines that could fast-track microbiome scienceCredit: Antara Mutalik Imagine there ...
Curbing coronavirus spread in enclosed spaces means better masks, adequate ventilation
Findings show leakage of airborne droplets escaping from masks even when just breathingCredit: Venugopal Arumuru/Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar WASHINGTON, ...
Deep dive into key COVID-19 protein is a step toward new drugs, vaccines
Credit: OSU College of Science CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Science have taken a ...
Experimental therapy for parasitic heart disease may also help stop COVID-19
By blocking human enzyme cathepsin L, chemical inhibitor K777 reduces coronavirus' ability to infect cell lines; clinical trials are underwayCredit: ...
Undetected coronavirus variant was in at least 15 countries before its discovery
Credit: Illustration: Jenna Luecke/University of Texas at Austin. A highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant was unknowingly spreading for months in the ...
UConn researcher develops successful Zika vaccine in preclinical studies
The vaccine is generated from a novel platform technologyCredit: UConn Photo UConn researcher Paulo Verardi, associate professor of pathobiology and ...
Getting to the core of HIV replication
HIV-1 viral capsid simulations on XSEDE-allocated Stampede2, Bridges, Darwin systems uncover nucleotide entry mechanismCredit: Xu, et al. Viruses lurk in ...
Temperature sensor could help safeguard mRNA vaccines
Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c00404 Scientists have developed vaccines for COVID-19 with record speed. The first two ...
Why SARS-CoV-2 replicates better in the upper respiratory tract
Credit: © UniBE "SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV are highly similar genetically, generate a homologous repertoire of viral proteins, and use the ...
Everyone poops: Monitoring COVID-19 in wastewater
University of Missouri scientists receive $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine clues about the rate ...
Herpesvirus triggers cervical cancer affecting nearly 1 in 4 adult sea lions
Sea lions are critical model for understanding how cancer develops, parallels to human cancer researchCredit: Credit © The Marine Mammal ...
Anti-inflammatory drug protects against lethal inflammation from COVID-19 in animal models
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Mount Sinai researchers have found that a widely available and inexpensive drug targeting inflammatory genes ...
Viewing the virus close up
Technology project with Heidelberg participation wants to develop compact cell-imaging for extensive applicationCredit: Venera Weinhardt How do viral pathogens succeed ...
Chronic viral infections can have lasting effects on human immunity, similar to aging
Researchers identify signatures of immune dysfunction that are shared in aging and chronic viral infections of HIV and Hepatitis CCredit: ...