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Jamaican fruit bat's response to SARS-CoV-2 adapted to human

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* server, researchers examined the vulnerability of Jamaican fruit bats (Artibeus jamaicensis) to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

15 Feb 2023

BioEcho launches EchoLUTION™ Cell Culture RNA Kit for an efficient and simplified cell RNA extraction

BioEcho Life Sciences, the biotechnology company supplying fast and sustainable nucleic acid extraction technologies, announces the EchoLUTION Cell Culture RNA Kit launch, for an innovative total RNA extraction of any kind of cultured cells.

From BioEcho Life Sciences GmbH 23 Jan 2023

Severe COVID-19 causes aging-like changes in the human brain

Severe COVID-19 triggers aging-like changes in the brain's frontal cortex region that results in cognitive deficits.

11 Dec 2022

Overexpression of lncRNA MVIH may serve as a potential diagnostic biomarker in cervical cancer

A new research paper was published in Genes & Cancer on November 23, 2022, entitled, "Ectopic expression of lncRNA MVIH as a potential diagnostic biomarker in cervical cancer."

9 Dec 2022

Characterization of bat viromes reveals the co-infection, spillover, and emergence risk of several zoonotic viruses

Researchers characterized the mammal-infecting viruses in 149 bats, representing six genera and 15 species, sampled from Yunnan province, China using an unbiased meta-transcriptomics approach.

28 Nov 2022

Kiwira virus: a new bat-borne hantavirus detected in Africa

Researchers discover a novel hantavirus called the Kiwira virus.

21 Nov 2022

Researchers assess wastewater sampling for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance

Researchers assessed the feasibility of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) surveillance using wastewater sampling.

18 Oct 2022

Scientists develop a rapid, highly sensitive method for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been shown to be an excellent means of understanding the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in communities.

29 Sep 2022

Wastewater epidemiology can guide local clinical decisions on circulating viruses

The findings of a new study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server depicted that wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) can provide information on the circulating respiratory viruses in a community. As well as saving time and money, this method may assist in appropriate clinical decision-making, behavior modification, and public health interventions.

28 Sep 2022

The seasonality of parturition and virus infection dynamics in a tropical bat population

Researchers evaluated the synchronicity of viral shedding pulses in two maternity colonies of free-tailed bats (Mormopterus francoismoutoui) in the Reunion Island of the South-Western Indian Ocean.

18 Aug 2022

New technique keeps the cells alive during RNA extraction

RNA sequencing allows scientists to study the expression of genes in a cell. Since messenger RNA (mRNA) is generated from a DNA gene, that information can be used to identify the original gene sequence and thus measure the activity of thousands of genes (i.e. the transcriptome) in these cells.

17 Aug 2022

A direct lineage-typing RT-PCR assay reveals insights into the transition from Omicron BA.1 to BA.2 dominance in Sweden

Researchers monitored the remarkably rapid Omicron BA.1 to BA.2 sublineage dominance transition in the Swedish population in early 2022 on a day-to-day basis using a customized lineage-typing RT-PCR assay.

10 Aug 2022

How do symptom burden and viral kinetics differ between healthy, vaccinated adults infected with either Delta, Omicron BA.1, or BA.2?

Researchers assessed the symptom profiles present in SARS-CoV-2 Delta, Omicron BA1. and BA.2-infected patients.

12 Jul 2022

Genome analysis of alphacoronavirus and betacoronavirus species from South Korean bats

Researchers performed genomic comparisons between alphacoronaviruses (αCoVs) and betacoronaviruses (βCoVs) originating from South Korean Bats.

28 Jun 2022

New test can tell if you are immune to SARS-CoV-2

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, an international team of researchers developed and evaluated quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)-based assays to quantify severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-specific functional T cell immunity.

15 Jun 2022

MolGen Showcases Automated High Throughput Laboratory Solutions at the Analytica Fair in Munich

MolGen b.v. of Veenendaal (NL), a global solutions provider of innovative extraction DNA/RNA isolation technology, hardware, systems, consumables and reagents for human diagnostics, agricultural research, and the biotech industry is attending the Analytica Fair, in Munich, on the 21st- 24th of June 2022.

From AgriGenX 14 Jun 2022

SARS-CoV-2 variation within individual hosts holds largely untapped information that may enhance the resolution of transmission inferences

Researchers assessed the variation of SARS-CoV-2 within hosts.

1 Jun 2022

Nanotechnology enhanced DNA-chip for SARS-CoV-2 detection with variant differentiation

Researchers differentiated between SARS-CoV-2 variants using nanotechnology.

26 May 2022

Deoxyribonucleic acid nanostructure sensor found to rapidly detect and inhibit SARS-CoV-2

Researchers reported on a three-layer designer deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) nanostructure (DDN) strategy-based sensor designed by them for rapid and accurate SARS-CoV-2 detection and inhibition.

9 May 2022

Potential indirect and direct effects of SARS-CoV-2 on pancreatic islets in patients who became hyperglycemic after COVID-19

In a recent study published in Diabetes, researchers assessed the direct and indirect effects of SARS-CoV-2 on human pancreatic islets.

5 May 2022