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Zoonotic and vector-borne emerging tropical diseases pose a constant threat

A recent article published in the journal Frontiers in Tropical Diseases assessed the threat of emerging zoonotic and vector-borne tropical diseases.

26 May 2021

Scientists propose new strategies to find drugs that neutralize critical enzymes

Scientists from the University of Bath explore racemases and propose strategies for finding drugs that target these important enzymes.

26 May 2021

Could 6′,6′-difluoro-aristeromycin (DFA) have broad-spectrum antiviral potential against coronaviruses?

Researchers at the Leiden University Medical Center demonstrated that low-micromolar concentrations of 6′,6′-difluoro24 aristeromycin (DFA), an adenosine nucleoside analog, strongly inhibits the replication of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in a cell-based infection assay.

25 May 2021

New collaborative effort to produce anti-HIV monoclonal antibodies

The Hotung Molecular Immunology group at St George's, University of London has partnered with Leaf Expression Systems, a contract development and manufacturing organization, specializing in plant-based expression and production of proteins, to explore the feasibility of producing anti-HIV monoclonal antibodies at large scale.

25 May 2021

High seroprevalence in Peruvian population recovering from SARS-CoV-2 infection

By the middle of 2020, Iquitos, Peru, had the highest number of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the world. Despite natural immunity, the city experienced a second coronavirus wave, with reinfections possibly owing to the P.1 variant.

22 May 2021

Modeling SARS-CoV-2 spike/human ACE2 complex identifies high-affinity variants that cause greater transmissibility

The study, published in the Journal of Molecular Biology, shows promise in detecting potential new variants that can cause the faster spread of COVID-19. The recent mutations and variants detected have caused the rapid spread of the infection in many countries.

21 May 2021

University of Leeds and WHO to create global strategy to prevent future pandemic threats

The University of Leeds has partnered with the World Health Organization to create a global strategy to protect populations against future threats such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

21 May 2021

Total COVID-19 deaths in US counties have been underestimated by 20%, indicates study

Deaths caused by indirect effects of the pandemic emphasize the need for policy changes that address widening health and racial inequities.

21 May 2021

Researchers discover new coronavirus in East Malaysia

Researchers have discovered a new coronavirus, found in a child with pneumonia in Malaysia in 2018, that appears to have jumped from dog to human.

21 May 2021

Public sense of "collectivism" clearly predicts mask usage, shows study

Around the world and within the U.S., the percentage of people wearing masks during the Covid-19 pandemic has varied enormously. What explains this? A new study co-authored by an MIT faculty member finds that a public sense of "collectivism" clearly predicts mask usage, adding a cultural and psychological perspective to the issue.

21 May 2021

World Health Assembly highlights the urgency to end COVID-19 pandemic and prevent the next one

In a year when COVID-19 threatens the health and well-being of everyone on the planet, the seventy-fourth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) will stress the urgency of ending the current pandemic and preventing the next one by building a healthier, safer and fairer world.

20 May 2021

New panel launched to address the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases

International organizations have come together to launch a new One Health High-Level Expert Panel to improve understanding of how diseases with the potential to trigger pandemics, emerge and spread.

20 May 2021

Mistrust in local, national governments is slowing down child vaccination progress in Africa

Mistrust in local and national governments is slowing down child vaccination progress in Africa, which has half of the world's unvaccinated and undervaccinated children, a study shows.

20 May 2021

Study confirms that human endocrine system is strongly involved in SARS-Cov-2 infection

The endocrine system is strongly involved in SARS-Cov-2 infection - so much so that evidence of an "endocrine phenotype" of COVID-19 has emerged, according to a statement by the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) published in the journal Endocrine in April 2021.

20 May 2021

Human monoclonal antibodies neutralize SARS-CoV-2 in an Fc-independent manner

Researchers from Israel recently isolated a set of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies from blood samples of patients with severe COVID-19. They were the first to show that transgenic K18-hACE2 mice infected with lethal doses of SARS-CoV-2 can be fully protected by administering antibodies even 3 days after infection

19 May 2021

Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) detects the SARS-CoV-2 envelope protein and generates inflammatory cytokines

Researchers at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital found that toll-like receptor 2 detects the SARS-CoV-2 envelope protein-producing inflammatory cytokines.

19 May 2021

Animal and insect invasions could shed light on COVID-19 transmission

Invasions by alien insect and animal species have much in common with outbreaks of infectious diseases and could tell us a great deal about how pandemics spread, according to a research paper published today.

19 May 2021

Scientists provide a new approach to model infectious diseases

In the midst of a devastating global pandemic of wildlife origin and with future spillovers imminent as humans continue to come into closer contact with wildlife, infectious-disease models that consider the full ecological and anthropological contexts of disease transmission are critical to the health of all life.

19 May 2021

Students isolate 570 microbes from soil samples to identify new antibiotics

The 57 Valencian students who have taken part in the "En busca de nuevos Fleming" (Searching for the new Fleming) project of the SWICEU team, have showcased their results in an event held at the assembly room of the CEU Cardenal Herrera university.

17 May 2021

UCL scientists identify new immunotherapy to combat hepatitis B virus

Scientists at UCL have identified a new immunotherapy to combat the hepatitis B virus (HBV), the most common cause of liver cancer in the world.

14 May 2021

Global Health News and Research

Zoonotic and vector-borne emerging tropical diseases pose a constant threat

Scientists propose new strategies to find drugs that neutralize critical enzymes

Could 6′,6′-difluoro-aristeromycin (DFA) have broad-spectrum antiviral potential against coronaviruses?

New collaborative effort to produce anti-HIV monoclonal antibodies

High seroprevalence in Peruvian population recovering from SARS-CoV-2 infection

Modeling SARS-CoV-2 spike/human ACE2 complex identifies high-affinity variants that cause greater transmissibility

University of Leeds and WHO to create global strategy to prevent future pandemic threats

Total COVID-19 deaths in US counties have been underestimated by 20%, indicates study

Researchers discover new coronavirus in East Malaysia

Public sense of "collectivism" clearly predicts mask usage, shows study

World Health Assembly highlights the urgency to end COVID-19 pandemic and prevent the next one

New panel launched to address the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases

Mistrust in local, national governments is slowing down child vaccination progress in Africa

Study confirms that human endocrine system is strongly involved in SARS-Cov-2 infection

Human monoclonal antibodies neutralize SARS-CoV-2 in an Fc-independent manner

Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) detects the SARS-CoV-2 envelope protein and generates inflammatory cytokines

Animal and insect invasions could shed light on COVID-19 transmission

Scientists provide a new approach to model infectious diseases

Students isolate 570 microbes from soil samples to identify new antibiotics

UCL scientists identify new immunotherapy to combat hepatitis B virus

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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