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HIV research enables knowledge transfer for improved COVID-19 response

Global virology and immunology networks that were originally developed for HIV vaccine research were rapidly adapted to study COVID-19.

31 May 2022

SARS-CoV-2 evolutionary trends provide insights into its adaptive process to human hosts

The loss of genome heterogeneity in CoVs leads to high viral fitness variants that adapt to the human host.

31 May 2022

Study highlights clinical features and treatment approaches for human monkeypox in the UK

researchers from the UK unveil the details of imported, household, and hospital transmission of monkeypox and report the first usage of two specific antiviral agents in the treatment of this disease.

30 May 2022

Sarbecovirus open reading frame 7a suppresses major histocompatibility complex-I antigen presentation

Researchers demonstrated the sarbecovirus open reading frame 7a (ORF7a)-induced hindrance of the antigen presentation by the major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) in hosts.

30 May 2022

Researchers identify a human monoclonal antibody that could broadly neutralize several variants of SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and other coronaviruses

Researchers identified 10-40, a human monoclonal antibody with potent neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, and related sarbecoviruses.

30 May 2022

Study shows how stress has a major impact on the immune system's ability to fight infections

Acute stress can be detrimental to fighting off infection, especially COVID-19, and increases the chance of dying in mouse models.

30 May 2022

SARS-CoV-2 virus entered the United States one month before the official date, study reveals

Researchers from the Department of Applied Mathematics and the Ramón Margalef Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Research (IMEM) at the University of Alicante (UA) continue to make progress in the study of the spread of COVID-19.

30 May 2022

Study finds long-term exposure to common air pollutants is associated with COVID-19 severity

Researchers evaluate the relationship between long-term exposure to three common air pollutants and key indicators of COVID-19 severity.

30 May 2022

Scientists determine trajectory and pathophysiology of post-COVID-19 syndrome

A new study utilizes multisystem imaging, along with biomarker analysis, to better understand the pathogenesis of COVID-19.

30 May 2022

Study finds TGF-β2 associated with asymptomatic mild SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy

A new study investigated the clinical and obstetric outcomes after SARS-CoV-2 infection in two groups of pregnant women, along with their association with the immunological parameters.

28 May 2022

Researchers identify a gene that plays vital role in the innate human immune system

Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified a gene that plays an essential role in the innate human immune system. The gene, NLRP11, helps activate the inflammatory response that tells the body's white blood cells to go on the attack against a foreign presence.

27 May 2022

LSHTM expert comments on the current monkeypox outbreak

Professor David Heymann, infectious disease epidemiologist at LSHTM, comments on the current monkeypox outbreak.

27 May 2022

Understanding transposons provides a new starting point to generate more powerful gene editing tools

CRISPR has ushered in the era of genomic medicine. A line of powerful tools has been developed from the popular CRISPR-Cas9 to cure genetic diseases.

27 May 2022

Cattle fairs ahead of Eid may trigger a second wave of lumpy skin disease

While Pakistan has managed to confine an outbreak of lumpy skin disease that affects cattle and buffaloes there are fears that cattle fairs ahead of the religious festival Eid-ul-Azha might trigger a second wave.

27 May 2022

SARS-CoV-2 genome analysis could boost disease surveillance

Continued monitoring of the evolution of the virus that causes COVID-19 as the pandemic progresses could strengthen disease surveillance systems and aid preparedness for new variants, a study suggests.

27 May 2022

Burned out by covid and 80-hour workweeks, resident physicians unionize

In the early weeks of the pandemic, Dr. Lorenzo González, then a second-year resident of family medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, ran on fumes, working as many as 80 hours a week in the ICU.

27 May 2022

Cell membrane-bound enzyme is essential for SARS-CoV-2 infectivity, study shows

The membrane-bound form of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is essential for enabling infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study published in the journal Cell.

26 May 2022

New evidence confirms that enterovirus D68 causes acute flaccid myelitis

A case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine provides evidence that enterovirus D68 directly infects spinal cord neurons and that a corresponding robust immune response is present – a direct causation to the polio-like paralyzing illness, acute flaccid myelitis (AFM).

26 May 2022

HMA therapy for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome could potentially activate a sleeping oncogene

Hypomethylating agents (HMA) are currently used as a first-line treatment for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) - a group of disorders where there is insufficient production of healthy mature blood cells in the bone marrow - and increasingly in other diseases, but their mechanism of action remains unclear.

26 May 2022

Overestimation of population immunity resulted in lack of preparedness and U.S. Delta variant surge

When the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 hit the United States in summer 2021, it led to a larger-than-expected surge in cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

26 May 2022

Virus News and Research

Latest Virus News and Research

HIV research enables knowledge transfer for improved COVID-19 response

SARS-CoV-2 evolutionary trends provide insights into its adaptive process to human hosts

Study highlights clinical features and treatment approaches for human monkeypox in the UK

Sarbecovirus open reading frame 7a suppresses major histocompatibility complex-I antigen presentation

Researchers identify a human monoclonal antibody that could broadly neutralize several variants of SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and other coronaviruses

Study shows how stress has a major impact on the immune system's ability to fight infections

SARS-CoV-2 virus entered the United States one month before the official date, study reveals

Study finds long-term exposure to common air pollutants is associated with COVID-19 severity

Scientists determine trajectory and pathophysiology of post-COVID-19 syndrome

Study finds TGF-β2 associated with asymptomatic mild SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy

Researchers identify a gene that plays vital role in the innate human immune system

LSHTM expert comments on the current monkeypox outbreak

Understanding transposons provides a new starting point to generate more powerful gene editing tools

Cattle fairs ahead of Eid may trigger a second wave of lumpy skin disease

SARS-CoV-2 genome analysis could boost disease surveillance

Burned out by covid and 80-hour workweeks, resident physicians unionize

Cell membrane-bound enzyme is essential for SARS-CoV-2 infectivity, study shows

New evidence confirms that enterovirus D68 causes acute flaccid myelitis

HMA therapy for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome could potentially activate a sleeping oncogene

Overestimation of population immunity resulted in lack of preparedness and U.S. Delta variant surge

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