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CNRS scientists uncover activation mechanism of bemnifosbuvir

CNRS Scientists have deciphered the activation pathway of bemnifosbuvir, a drug candidate initially in development to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV). The findings of the research team, led by CNRS scientists, unlock new opportunities to boost the efficacy of this type of drug against other RNA viruses, such as the ones that cause Covid-19 and dengue fever.

28 Aug 2024

SARS-CoV-2 evolves differently in the brain, revealing critical insights into viral tropism

Study investigates the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 within the central nervous system (CNS) compared to the lungs in mice, revealing higher viral divergence in the CNS and highlighting the critical role of the furin cleavage site (FCS) in viral tropism and compartmentalization.

27 Aug 2024

AI enhances understanding of radiation-induced cardiac arrhythmia risk in lung cancer patients

Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, have used artificial intelligence tools to accelerate the understanding of the risk of specific cardiac arrhythmias when various parts of the heart are exposed to different thresholds of radiation as part of a treatment plan for lung cancer.

27 Aug 2024

Children and adolescents experience unique long COVID symptoms

A study characterizes childhood long COVID, revealing distinct symptoms in children and adolescents, highlighting the need for tailored diagnostic approaches.

26 Aug 2024

New $5.8 million grant aims to transform the global landscape of TB research

A $5.8 million grant led by Adrie Steyn, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Africa Health Research Institute, or AHRI, in Durban, South Africa, will provide user-requested infected human lung tissue and analytical services to tuberculosis researchers worldwide.

23 Aug 2024

Mutation in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein enhances brain infection

Scientists have discovered a mutation in SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, that plays a key role in its ability to infect the central nervous system.

23 Aug 2024

Innovative drug reduces inflammation in rats by inhibiting neutrophil activation

A newly developed compound that reduces harmful inflammation in rats caused by overactive neutrophils shows great potential as a safer treatment for various inflammatory diseases in humans.

23 Aug 2024

Disability rights activist pushes government to let him participate in society

Garret Frey refuses to be sidelined. Frey has been paralyzed from the neck down for more than 37 of his 42 years. He has spent decades rejecting the government's excuses when he and others with disabilities are denied the support they need to live in their own homes and to participate in society.

23 Aug 2024

Novel drug-carrying molecule slips past the lung's natural defenses to cure disease

A drug-carrying molecule designed to cure disease by slipping past the lung's natural defenses offers new hope for people with chronic or deadly respiratory diseases, say its creators, researchers in assistant professor Liheng Cai's Soft Biomatter Lab at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science.

22 Aug 2024

Study reveals long COVID's wide impact on children's health

The kids were correct all along. In the most comprehensive national study since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of researchers that includes a Rutgers-organized consortium of pediatric sites has concluded that long COVID symptoms in children are tangible, pervasive, wide ranging and clinically distinct within specific age groups.

22 Aug 2024

Python's remarkable physiology could lead to new medical breakthroughs

Researchers fed pythons who had fasted for 28 days a meal of 25% of their body weight and compared them to snakes who had not been fed.

22 Aug 2024

Protein encoded by the ASPN gene plays a protective role in pulmonary arterial hypertension

A new study from researchers with UCLA Health and collaborating organizations has found that asporin, a protein encoded by the ASPN gene, plays a protective role in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

21 Aug 2024

Hair follicles use unique sensor system to clean up dead cells

Billions of our cells die every day to make way for the growth of new ones. Most of these goners are cleaned up by phagocytes-;mobile immune cells that migrate where needed to engulf problematic substances.

21 Aug 2024

Improving COPD outcomes through enhanced inhaler education and technique

Inhaler misuse leading to inadequate medication delivery impacts a person's ability to manage symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and additional education about proper inhaler use is needed to improve health outcomes, according to two new articles. The articles are published in the July 2024 issue of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal.

21 Aug 2024

New genomic technique tracks superbugs in hospitals for faster infection management

Researchers have developed a new genomic technique that can track the spread of multiple superbugs in a hospital simultaneously, which could help prevent and manage common hospital infections quicker and more effectively than ever before.

20 Aug 2024

AI tools accelerate understanding of cardiac arrhythmia risks in lung cancer treatment

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, have used artificial intelligence tools to accelerate the understanding of the risk of specific cardiac arrhythmias when various parts of the heart are exposed to different thresholds of radiation as part of a treatment plan for lung cancer.

20 Aug 2024

UC Davis Health experts urge wildfire preparedness action plans to support patients with respiratory diseases

A multidisciplinary team of UC Davis Health experts are calling on health systems to create wildfire preparedness action plans to support patients with preexisting respiratory diseases.

19 Aug 2024

Innovative light-activated shunt could reduce surgeries for children with heart defects

Children born with defects that impair the heart's lower chambers undergo a series of invasive surgeries early in life.

19 Aug 2024

Researchers develop four new regimens to treat people with multidrug-resistant TB meningitis

In a preliminary study with a small number of humans, rabbits and mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center say they have developed four new regimens that have the potential to treat and save the lives of people with multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculous (TB) meningitis.

16 Aug 2024

New nanobody shows potential in preventing lung metastasis of breast tumor cells

A new research paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 15 on August 14, 2024, entitled, "A nanobody against the V-ATPase c subunit inhibits metastasis of 4T1-12B breast tumor cells to lung in mice."

16 Aug 2024

Lungs News and Research

CNRS scientists uncover activation mechanism of bemnifosbuvir

SARS-CoV-2 evolves differently in the brain, revealing critical insights into viral tropism

AI enhances understanding of radiation-induced cardiac arrhythmia risk in lung cancer patients

Children and adolescents experience unique long COVID symptoms

New $5.8 million grant aims to transform the global landscape of TB research

Mutation in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein enhances brain infection

Innovative drug reduces inflammation in rats by inhibiting neutrophil activation

Disability rights activist pushes government to let him participate in society

Novel drug-carrying molecule slips past the lung's natural defenses to cure disease

Study reveals long COVID's wide impact on children's health

Python's remarkable physiology could lead to new medical breakthroughs

Protein encoded by the ASPN gene plays a protective role in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Hair follicles use unique sensor system to clean up dead cells

Improving COPD outcomes through enhanced inhaler education and technique

New genomic technique tracks superbugs in hospitals for faster infection management

AI tools accelerate understanding of cardiac arrhythmia risks in lung cancer treatment

UC Davis Health experts urge wildfire preparedness action plans to support patients with respiratory diseases

Innovative light-activated shunt could reduce surgeries for children with heart defects

Researchers develop four new regimens to treat people with multidrug-resistant TB meningitis

New nanobody shows potential in preventing lung metastasis of breast tumor cells

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