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Study evaluates COVID-19 vaccination with recombinant accessory protein-deficient SARS-CoV-2

Researchers assessed the impact of recombinant accessory protein-deficient severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 immunization against SARS-CoV-2 transmission and disease severity.

18 Mar 2022

Presence of zoonotic pathogens in wildlife market for human consumption in Laos

Researchers from different countries examined various animal species from wildlife trade sites to detect the presence of zoonotic pathogens in Laos, South East Asia.

18 Mar 2022

Neutrophils found to initiate COVID-19-associated olfactory epithelial damage in hamsters

Researchers evaluated the underlying cellular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2-induced olfactory epithelium damage in golden Syrian hamsters.

18 Mar 2022

A complete transcriptomic analysis of astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease

An international group of researchers led by the UAB analyzed the genes that are expressed in neurons and astrocytes based on data from 800 individuals and compared what happens in Alzheimer's patients and in people without diagnosed dementia.

18 Mar 2022

New virus-based approach for measuring variations in gene regulatory elements

Tohoku University scientists in Japan have developed a virus-based approach for measuring variations in gene regulatory elements, called transcription factors, as conditions change in live organisms.

18 Mar 2022

Scientists develop virus-blocking textile that effectively repulses SARS-CoV-2

Scientists have described a virus-blocking textile that prevents transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via repulsive Coulomb force and human body triboelectric energy harvesting.

18 Mar 2022

Hypoxia-inducible factors and SARS-CoV-2 manifestations

Researchers assessed the role of hypoxia-inducible factors in SARS-CoV-2 infection, respiratory symptoms, and epithelial damage.

18 Mar 2022

Duration of Omicron variant shedding isolated from upper respiratory samples collected from the reported case-patients in Japan

Researchers conducted a retrospective analysis to evaluate the duration of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant virus shedding

18 Mar 2022

SARS-CoV-2 burden and transmission in one rural and one urban community in South Africa

Researchers conducted a prospective household cohort study of COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus community burden, viral interaction, and transmission dynamics, called PHIRST-C study in South Africa.

18 Mar 2022

Study shows BCG vaccination reduces SARS-CoV-2-induced lung inflammation in hamsters

Researchers tested the effectiveness of the BCG vaccine in SARS-CoV-2-infected Syrian hamsters.

18 Mar 2022

New approach radically increases the success of breast cancer immunotherapy

A study published in the journal Nature Cancer, carried out within the Cancer Programme at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM-Hospital del Mar) by the Cancer Stem Cells and Metastasis Dynamics Laboratory, led by Dr. Toni Celià-Terrassa, and the Laboratory of Molecular Cancer Therapy, coordinated by Dr. Joan Albanell, with the participation of international centers, has discovered an approach that radically increases the success of immunotherapy in one of the most aggressive types of tumors, triple-negative breast cancer.

17 Mar 2022

Novel screening method detects new N501T SARS-CoV-2 variant

Clinical utility of Roche assays determined utilizing samples from participants enrolled in a phase 2 trial of the mRNA-1273 vaccine

Researchers quantified the humoral immune response against the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine using commercially available high throughput assays.

17 Mar 2022

Novel mathematical model could predict the evolutionary trend of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers used a novel mathematical model to simulate SARS-CoV-2 dynamics inside the host.

17 Mar 2022

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Study evaluates COVID-19 vaccination with recombinant accessory protein-deficient SARS-CoV-2

Presence of zoonotic pathogens in wildlife market for human consumption in Laos

Neutrophils found to initiate COVID-19-associated olfactory epithelial damage in hamsters

A complete transcriptomic analysis of astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease

New virus-based approach for measuring variations in gene regulatory elements

Scientists develop virus-blocking textile that effectively repulses SARS-CoV-2

Hypoxia-inducible factors and SARS-CoV-2 manifestations

Duration of Omicron variant shedding isolated from upper respiratory samples collected from the reported case-patients in Japan

SARS-CoV-2 burden and transmission in one rural and one urban community in South Africa

Study shows BCG vaccination reduces SARS-CoV-2-induced lung inflammation in hamsters

New approach radically increases the success of breast cancer immunotherapy

Novel screening method detects new N501T SARS-CoV-2 variant

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Study reports reduced disease severity in Syrian hamsters during re-infection with SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant

Clinical utility of Roche assays determined utilizing samples from participants enrolled in a phase 2 trial of the mRNA-1273 vaccine

Novel mathematical model could predict the evolutionary trend of SARS-CoV-2

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