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The brain's reaction to COVID's inflammatory tidal wave

Researchers study neuroinflammation in the cerebrospinal fluid and serum of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2.

18 Apr 2022

The involvement of the skeletal muscles in long COVID-19

Researchers reviewed the mechanisms of muscle tissue injury, aggravating conditions, and associated sequelae in long COVID‐19.

18 Apr 2022

Study finds two doses of mRNA or ChAdOx1 vaccines provide excellent protection against severe outcomes of hospitalization and death

Researchers assessed the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against related hospitalizations and death.

18 Apr 2022

Mutation-acquiring potential of coronaviruses and efficacies of current COVID-19 vaccines against parent and mutant strains of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers reviewed the antibody resistance exhibited by SARS-CoV-2 variants.

18 Apr 2022

Monoclonal antibodies from COVID-19 convalescent donors target conserved site

Researchers found six monoclonal antibodies binding to the spike proteins of all human coronaviruses.

18 Apr 2022

RNA interference triggers that target SARS-CoV-2 genome

Researchers screened ribonucleic acid interference against SARS-CoV-2.

18 Apr 2022

SARS-CoV-2 infection patterns in olfactory epithelium

Researchers assess changes in the respiratory and olfactory epithelium of the nasal mucosa in SARS-CoV-2 infections by the WA1, Delta, and Omicron strains.

18 Apr 2022

Avasimibe inhibits SARS-CoV-2 and boosts T-cell responses

Researchers demonstrate that avasimibe-mediated inhibition of ACAT blocks the entry and fusion of SARS-CoV-2 in different cell types.

18 Apr 2022

Role of cGAS-STING in SARS-CoV-2 infection

A new study analyzes the activation of cGAS and STING can induce a type I IFN response due to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

15 Apr 2022

Durable neutralizing response against Omicron after heterologous vaccine boosting

Researchers assess the impact of homologous and heterologous primary-booster vaccine dose combinations.

15 Apr 2022

Orally delivered temperature-stable tablet vaccine efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory infections

Researchers assessed the protective efficacy of the temperature-stable orally delivered vaccines against respiratory viral pathogens.

14 Apr 2022

Exploring strategies for successful delivery of messenger RNA therapeutics

Researchers reviewed the material properties and administration routes that could successfully deliver a messenger ribonucleic acid therapeutic agent to its targeted site.

14 Apr 2022

Recent advances in non-viral nano-vector delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing payloads

Researchers reviewed non-viral nano-vectors used for delivering the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9-mediated genome editing system.

14 Apr 2022

Study reveals natural infection of pangolins with human RSV

A new study aimed to determine whether humans were able to transmit RSV to Malayan pangolins.

13 Apr 2022

Quantum computing to predict RNA secondary structures

Researchers investigate the possibility of using quantum computing to create methods that can more effectively and rapidly solve these structures.

13 Apr 2022

Structural differences between SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 RBDs

A new study compares the SARS-CoV-2 RBD to the SARS-CoV RBD using computational methods to understand their binding affinities to ACE2.

13 Apr 2022

Case of probable transmission of tick-borne encephalitis virus from an unvaccinated mother to an infant through breast-feeding

A recent study discusses a case report of the probable vertical transmission of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) from an unvaccinated mother to her newborn via breast milk.

13 Apr 2022