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Plant-derived virus-like particle vaccines against SARS-CoV-2

In a review published in Biotechnology Letters, the authors discuss plant-derived VLP-based vaccines.

1 Dec 2021

Severe COVID-19 survivors have more than twice the risk of dying over the next year

Can long Covid kill? Striking findings presented in a new study published to Frontiers in Medicine show that patients who survive severe Covid-19 have more than twice the risk of dying over the following year, compared with those who experience mild or moderate disease or remain uninfected.

1 Dec 2021

People with allergic conditions may have a lower risk of COVID-19 infection, finds study

People with allergic conditions such as hay fever, rhinitis, and atopic eczema, may have a lower risk of COVID-19 infection, especially if they also have asthma, finds a large, population-based study of UK adults, published online in the respiratory journal Thorax.

1 Dec 2021

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on oral health

New research examined SARS-CoV-2 and its impact on oral health and suggests that survival against the infection may be partially dependent on such factors.

1 Dec 2021

Role of interferon type I-driven responses associated with disease control in COVID-19

New research suggests that treatment with type I interferons in the early stage of COVID-19 may supress disease progression by limiting SARS-CoV-2 in hosts.

1 Dec 2021

Novel nanopore technique for annotation of SARS-CoV-2 capping sites and understanding sgRNA structure

New research examined SARS-CoV-2 transcripts in order to understand how it expresses its gene products in the infected host.

1 Dec 2021

COVID-19 vaccination status based infection likelihood in New Zealand

A new study has determined the possible number of infections caused by an unvaccinated versus vaccinated individual.

1 Dec 2021

Comparison of peptides from human cardiac proteins and SARS-CoV-2 proteins

A new study investigated whether linear peptides contained in proteins (primarily expressed in the heart) also occur in the SARS-CoV-2 proteome.

1 Dec 2021

Lessons learnt from the pandemic: Nurse-scientists share strategies for expanding capacity and staffing

Since March of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has put an unprecedented strain on the American health care system as large surges of intensive care unit patients overwhelmed hospitals.

30 Nov 2021

Study compares NAbs from natural SARS-CoV-2 infection vs. vaccine induced against symptomatic infection

Scientists have recently compared the levels of antibody concentrations in unvaccinated, SARS-CoV-2 convalescent individuals and COVID-19 specific antibodies in vaccinated individuals.

30 Nov 2021

An antiviral regimen based on biomimetic polymers for COVID-19

In a new study published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, scientists proposed the aforementioned mechanism of action (MOA) and have validated it using electron photomicrographs of murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV), which were incubated with a nanoviricide.

30 Nov 2021

Northwestern researchers continue to tackle every facet of COVID-19 pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic nears the two-year mark, Northwestern Medicine scientists continue to tackle every facet of the disease, from investigating coronavirus vaccines' potential for providing immunity against similar coronaviruses to developing novel rapid antigen-based tests and examining disparities in COVID-19 case and mortality rates in Chicago.

30 Nov 2021

Teriflunomide tempers lesion growth in pediatric patients with multiple sclerosis

There are few treatment options for children with multiple sclerosis - a condition in which the immune system attacks the protective covering of nerves in the brain and spinal cord - and most therapies for the disease have not been tested in children.

30 Nov 2021

Respiratory News and Research

Plant-derived virus-like particle vaccines against SARS-CoV-2

Severe COVID-19 survivors have more than twice the risk of dying over the next year

People with allergic conditions may have a lower risk of COVID-19 infection, finds study

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on oral health

Role of interferon type I-driven responses associated with disease control in COVID-19

Novel nanopore technique for annotation of SARS-CoV-2 capping sites and understanding sgRNA structure

COVID-19 vaccination status based infection likelihood in New Zealand

Comparison of peptides from human cardiac proteins and SARS-CoV-2 proteins

Lessons learnt from the pandemic: Nurse-scientists share strategies for expanding capacity and staffing

Study compares NAbs from natural SARS-CoV-2 infection vs. vaccine induced against symptomatic infection

An antiviral regimen based on biomimetic polymers for COVID-19

Northwestern researchers continue to tackle every facet of COVID-19 pandemic

Teriflunomide tempers lesion growth in pediatric patients with multiple sclerosis

Study shows that nucleic acid amplification tests more accurate in detecting SARS-CoV-2 than rapid antigen

Prior infection with SARS-CoV-2 continues to provide protection from reinfection

Potentially neurotoxic SARS-CoV-2 protein fragments

Host and in vitro genomic variability of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants

Scientists develop a smartwatch-based device for early detection of COVID-19

Structure-guided virtual screening identifies novel SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors

UK study finds COVID-19 from Delta and Alpha infections are clinically similar

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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