SARS-CoV-2: Infection induces antibodies capable of killing infected cells
SARS-CoV-2 infection induces antibodies capable of killing infected cells regardless of disease severityCredit: © Virus & Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur ...
Tag: Virology
All-in-one test for COVID-19 surveillance
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Ivan Gromicho A new type of COVID-19 testing strategy could help streamline the process of identifying ...
The British variant is 45% more contagious than the original virus
Study at Tel Aviv University based on data from 300,000 tests for COVID-19Credit: Tel Aviv University A new study at ...
New COVID-19 vaccine may offer broad protection from coronaviruses
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications A COVID-19 vaccine that could provide protection against existing and future strains of the ...
As plant/animal diversity wanes, is microbial life changing too? A perilously ‘profound Ignorance’
The unknown direction and pace of change in microbial -- including viral -- biodiversity may have deep consequences for all ...
Triangular-shaped spikes key to coronavirus transmission, finds new study
Credit: This image appeared in the research paper published in Physics of Fluids. COVID-19 needs no introduction. Last year, the ...
UGA to establish national NIH-funded center to fight flu
Credit: Peter Frey/UGA The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Georgia a contract to establish the Center ...
Significant spread of all coronavirus variants tracked in Houston area
Study underscores the need for greatly increased genome surveillance to rapidly identify and track the emergence and introduction of SARS-CoV-2 ...
$1.9 million award could keep Zika virus at bay
Project will investigate how the virus beats human defensesCredit: Rong Hai/UCR A UC Riverside virologist has won a $1.9 million ...
Combining mask wearing, social distancing suppresses COVID-19 virus spread
Network model findings could shape public health policy for airborne virusesCredit: Anna Sawulska and Maurizio Porfiri WASHINGTON, April 13, 2021 ...
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 ...
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 ...