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New AI software can create proteins that may be useful as vaccines, cancer treatments

Scientists have developed artificial intelligence software that can create proteins that may be useful as vaccines, cancer treatments, or even tools for pulling carbon pollution out of the air.

21 Jul 2022

A different approach to build a more durable, broadly effective COVID-19 vaccine

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues elsewhere, describe a different way to build a COVID-19 vaccine, one that would, in theory, remain effective against new and emerging variants and could be taken as a pill, by inhalation or other delivery methods.

21 Jul 2022

Are Mexican free-tailed bats a SARS-CoV-2 reservoir?

In a new study, investigators analyzed whether Mexican free-tailed bats were a SARS-CoV-2 reservoir.

21 Jul 2022

Booster vaccination counters the severity of Omicron breakthrough infections

Researchers assessed a panel of seven SARS-CoV-2 vaccines currently available globally and in the United States and immunity acquired through the previous infection against all Omicron subvariants.

21 Jul 2022

Unlocking the power of proteins to better understand human health

We speak to Andrew Lynn, the chief executive at Fluidic Analytics, about the role proteins play in understanding human disease.

From Fluidic Analytics 21 Jul 2022

Is monkeypox a global public-health emergency?

A summary of available knowledge on the monkeypox virus including pathogenicity, risk to the human population, and strategies that can help limit its spread.

20 Jul 2022

High-level resistance of SARS-CoV-2 BA.4 against neutralizing antibodies

Researchers evaluates the sensitivity of BA.4 in both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals infected with the SARS-CoV-2 variants.

20 Jul 2022

COVID vaccines induce memory B and T cells in primary antibody deficient patients

The SARS-CoV-2-specific B- and T-cell response post-COVID-19 primary and booster vaccination in primary antibody deficient patients.

20 Jul 2022

How the Omicron variant shifted the biology of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers discuss significant antigenic changes within the spike protein of new SARS-CoV-2 VOCs like the Omicron variant.

20 Jul 2022

Stopping 'budding' viruses in their tracks

Paramyxoviruses have the potential to trigger a devastating pandemic. This family of viruses includes measles, Nipah virus, mumps, Newcastle disease and canine distemper.

20 Jul 2022

Study assesses eight de novo genome assembly software tools on viral next-generation sequencing data

A new study compares and assesses eight de novo genome assembly software tools on actual viral next-generation sequencing data.

20 Jul 2022

What is the prevalence of orthopoxviruses across different populations?

In a new study, researchers assessed the prevalence of orthopoxviruses among the general populations of Bolivia, France, Laos, and Mali.

20 Jul 2022

Telehealth may be a great way for treating some menopause symptoms

The explosion of interest in women's health has led to rapid growth in the relatively new FemTech industry. This trend, which coincided with the onset of the COVID19 pandemic, has accelerated the adoption of telehealth for the treatment of menopause symptoms.

20 Jul 2022

The clinical, epidemiological, and evolutionary consequences of a potential SARS-CoV-2-related bat virus spillover into humans

A team of scientists from France has recently described the epidemiological and clinical consequences of a bat sarbecovirus infection in humanized mice.

20 Jul 2022

Combinations of broadly neutralizing antibodies may be a more effective approach to treat HIV

Researchers describe viral shedding of monkeypox virus in patients to better understand the possible role of different bodily fluids in disease transmission

Researchers described the shedding of the monkeypox (MPX) virus (MPXV) in Barcelona city of Spain.

20 Jul 2022

Virus News and Research

Latest Virus News and Research

New AI software can create proteins that may be useful as vaccines, cancer treatments

A different approach to build a more durable, broadly effective COVID-19 vaccine

Are Mexican free-tailed bats a SARS-CoV-2 reservoir?

Booster vaccination counters the severity of Omicron breakthrough infections

Unlocking the power of proteins to better understand human health

Is monkeypox a global public-health emergency?

High-level resistance of SARS-CoV-2 BA.4 against neutralizing antibodies

COVID vaccines induce memory B and T cells in primary antibody deficient patients

How the Omicron variant shifted the biology of SARS-CoV-2

Stopping 'budding' viruses in their tracks

Study assesses eight de novo genome assembly software tools on viral next-generation sequencing data

What is the prevalence of orthopoxviruses across different populations?

Telehealth may be a great way for treating some menopause symptoms

The clinical, epidemiological, and evolutionary consequences of a potential SARS-CoV-2-related bat virus spillover into humans

Combinations of broadly neutralizing antibodies may be a more effective approach to treat HIV

Chewing gum containing plant-based antiviral proteins neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses

Fatigue in long covid patients linked to anxiety, depression, and apathy

Ghana announces first-ever Marburg virus outbreak

What is the association between natural killer cell dysfunction and COVID-19 disease severity?

Researchers describe viral shedding of monkeypox virus in patients to better understand the possible role of different bodily fluids in disease transmission

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Virus News and Research

Latest Virus News and Research

A new way of characterising biomolecules eBook

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