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Scientists explore antigenic imprinting in SARS-CoV-2

A recently published study compared monoclonal RBD antibody responses induced by SARS-CoV-2 Beta variant infections to antibodies induced by the ancestral virus in immunologically naive subjects.

12 Jul 2022

BU researcher wins Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award

Andrew Berical, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), is the recipient of the Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF).

12 Jul 2022

Breastfeeding provides an immune boost that helps infants to fight off infectious diseases

When infants breastfeed, they receive an immune boost that helps them fight off infectious diseases, according to recent research from Binghamton University Associate Professor of Anthropology Katherine Wander.

12 Jul 2022

NCCN publishes new guidelines for treating pediatric CNS cancers

Today, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network published new NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Pediatric Central Nervous System Cancers.

12 Jul 2022

Study offers insight into cancer cell migration and opens new possibilities for stopping it

An international research group has investigated the mechanisms of cell migration and the impact of tissue rigidity on cell positioning and steering. The research sheds light on e.g. cancer cell migration and opens new possibilities for stopping and directing it.

12 Jul 2022

Scientists determine the binding affinity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in response to infection or vaccination

Scientists measured the quantity and binding affinity (avidity) of antibodies against five different viral proteins.

12 Jul 2022

How may the genetic differences observed in the current monkeypox virus outbreak impact immune responses induced by VACV vaccines?

Researchers assessed the impact of the vaccinia virus vaccine on the immune response against the monkeypox virus.

12 Jul 2022

What is the long-term protection against COVID-19?

A new study describes the immunologic parameters associated with protection from COVID-19.

12 Jul 2022

The impact of gene amplification in virus adaptation through intermediate hosts

Researchers assessed the impact of gene amplification on cross-species adaptation.

12 Jul 2022

Stinging nettle extract inhibits SARS-CoV-2 cell fusion

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers at Ghent University and KU Leuven, Belgium, demonstrated that Urtica dioica agglutinin (UDA), a monomeric lectin extracted from stinging nettle rhizomes, inhibited severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern (VOCs) cell to cell fusion.

12 Jul 2022

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 tropism shifting back to ancestral strains

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, researchers from Australia and Switzerland gathered data to help track and manage ongoing and future infection waves by new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant of concern (VOC) Omicron globally.

12 Jul 2022

Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in tissues leads to long COVID

PASC is likely the result of long-term persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in various tissues

11 Jul 2022

Scientists show how to design "ecological firewalls" for biosphere terraformation

Researchers discuss the use of ecological firewalls to predict and control communities of microbiota into which synthetic organisms are released.

11 Jul 2022

Scientists capture a clear picture of the nuclear pore complex using X-rays

Your body is made of close to 100 trillion cells that keep you healthy and alive. Each cell has billions of parts of its own, all of them working in tandem to keep life's processes moving.

11 Jul 2022

Researchers create a comprehensive map of how complex networks of genes function together

Using new technologies to study thousands of genes simultaneously within immune cells, researchers at Gladstone Institutes, UC San Francisco (UCSF), and Stanford School of Medicine have created the most detailed map yet of how complex networks of genes function together.

11 Jul 2022

Cell News and Research

Scientists explore antigenic imprinting in SARS-CoV-2

BU researcher wins Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award

Breastfeeding provides an immune boost that helps infants to fight off infectious diseases

NCCN publishes new guidelines for treating pediatric CNS cancers

Study offers insight into cancer cell migration and opens new possibilities for stopping it

Scientists determine the binding affinity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in response to infection or vaccination

How may the genetic differences observed in the current monkeypox virus outbreak impact immune responses induced by VACV vaccines?

What is the long-term protection against COVID-19?

The impact of gene amplification in virus adaptation through intermediate hosts

Stinging nettle extract inhibits SARS-CoV-2 cell fusion

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 tropism shifting back to ancestral strains

Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in tissues leads to long COVID

Scientists show how to design "ecological firewalls" for biosphere terraformation

Scientists capture a clear picture of the nuclear pore complex using X-rays

Researchers create a comprehensive map of how complex networks of genes function together

Researchers receive $3.25 million NIH grant to better understand the oral manifestations of HIV

Newly-discovered historical information reveals that Mendel was decades ahead of his time

NIH launches clinical trial evaluating an experimental vaccine to prevent Nipah virus infection

UT Southwestern researchers reveal the physical mechanism behind a neurological autoimmune disease

Activation of the STING pathway could help make glioblastoma multiforme more susceptible to immunotherapy

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