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CRISPR-based microfluidic platform detects respiratory viruses and SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers in the US have developed a novel multiplexed diagnostic platform based on CRISPR-based approaches and microfluidics - enabling robust and simultaneous surveillance of multiple viruses and viral variants. Currently, the paper is available on the medRxiv* preprint server pending peer review.

19 Dec 2021

Production of functional SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in single-cell green alga

A new study uses a novel algal platform for the generation of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.

19 Dec 2021

Study says COVID mRNA-based vaccines best for booster vaccination

A new study looks at the adaptive immune response to COVID-19 vaccines, wherein the authors compare heterologous to homologous immunization.

19 Dec 2021

Echinacea purpurea may help prevent respiratory tract infections during COVID-19 pandemic

A new study describes the results of using an extract of the medicinal plant Echinacea purpurea to treat non-severe cases of COVID-19.

19 Dec 2021

A class of FDA-approved drugs can effectively stop aggressive uterine cancer

A team of scientists led by the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center has found that a class of U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs can effectively stop a highly aggressive type of uterine cancer in its tracks, paving a quick path toward new treatment strategies for a deadly cancer with limited therapeutic options.

17 Dec 2021

Government and faith leaders unite in the national effort to urge booster uptake

The government and faith leaders have united in the national effort to get the country boosted in the wake of a surge in Omicron cases.

17 Dec 2021

Investigating potential cross-protection against SARS-CoV-2 after previous exposure to bovine coronavirus

Researchers have conducted an investigation to probe the similarity of viral epitopes between bovine coronavirus (BCoV) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

17 Dec 2021

Primary responses to SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 naïve vaccinees

Researchers evaluated primary responses in SARS-CoV-2-naïve vaccinees, as well as secondary responses in the SARS-CoV-2-infected vaccines, and observed a clear set of differences in their clinical symptoms, antibody levels, and cellular and mucosal immune responses.

17 Dec 2021

WHO supports Nigeria in responding to the yellow fever outbreak amidst a global pandemic

In early November 2020, positive samples for yellow fever were reported from five Nigerian states. Nigeria is a high-risk country for yellow fever and is a priority country for the global eliminate yellow fever epidemics (EYE) strategy.

17 Dec 2021

As hospitals fill up, paramedics spend more time moving patients, less on emergencies

The night after Thanksgiving, a small ambulance service that covers a huge swath of southwestern Colorado got a call that a patient needed an emergency transfer from the hospital in Gunnison to a larger one with an intensive care unit 65 miles away in Montrose.

17 Dec 2021

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron mutations on the use of therapeutic antibodies in COVID-19 treatment

Researchers investigated the mutations reported in the Omicron variant and its likely impact on the use of therapeutic antibodies in COVID-19 treatment as well as on vaccinated individuals.

17 Dec 2021

R-Biopharm receives approval of COVID-19 test in the UK under CTDA legislation

R-Biopharm announces that the company’s RIDA®GENE Flu & SARS-CoV-2 multiplex test (PG6825) has been approved in the UK under the UK Health Security Agency’s Medical Devices (Coronavirus Test Device Approvals) Regulations 2021 (“CTDA”).

17 Dec 2021

Analysis of the alteration of neutralizing titers with Omicron pseudovirus

A new study measured antibody levels from blood samples of vaccinated individuals and individuals who recovered from COVID-19 illness.

17 Dec 2021

COVID-19 variant that caused cough as first symptom may have hastened disease spread in the U.S.

The strain of COVID-19 virus that was circulating in the United States and Europe during the first wave of the pandemic may have been particularly infectious because the most common first symptom was likely a cough, according to a study led by researchers from the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Science.

16 Dec 2021

Study provides a more effective treatment approach to preventing graft-versus-host-disease

A new study led by UC Davis Health researchers showed that blocking IL-6 and TNF cytokines provides a more effective approach to preventing life-threatening graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD), an inflammatory condition that develops in patients after their allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).

16 Dec 2021

Study determines minimally effective dose of clinical candidate gene therapy vector to treat hemophilia A

Researchers determined the minimally effective dose (MED) of a clinical candidate gene therapy vector for treating hemophilia A.

16 Dec 2021

25 million people in the UK have had COVID-19 top up jab

More than 25 million people in the UK have had a COVID-19 top up jab, as the vaccination programme is turbocharged to get all eligible adults boosted as soon as possible.

16 Dec 2021

Antibody-like proteins derived from sharks may be used to combat future SARS outbreaks

Small, unique antibody-like proteins known as VNARs - derived from the immune systems of sharks - can prevent the virus that causes COVID-19, its variants, and related coronaviruses from infecting human cells, according to a new study published Dec. 16.

16 Dec 2021

NIH scientists highlight the urgent need for universal coronavirus vaccines

A growing body of scientific evidence, considered together with ecological reality, strongly suggest that novel coronaviruses will continue to infect bats and other animal reservoirs and potentially emerge to pose a pandemic threat to humans.

16 Dec 2021

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Oh, oh, omicron

This week, the U.S. passed the milestone of 800,000 dead from covid-19, as hospitals are starting to fill following the Thanksgiving holiday and the ominous omicron variant starts to spread rapidly.

16 Dec 2021

Virus News and Research

Latest Virus News and Research

CRISPR-based microfluidic platform detects respiratory viruses and SARS-CoV-2 variants

Production of functional SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in single-cell green alga

Study says COVID mRNA-based vaccines best for booster vaccination

Echinacea purpurea may help prevent respiratory tract infections during COVID-19 pandemic

A class of FDA-approved drugs can effectively stop aggressive uterine cancer

Government and faith leaders unite in the national effort to urge booster uptake

Investigating potential cross-protection against SARS-CoV-2 after previous exposure to bovine coronavirus

Primary responses to SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 naïve vaccinees

WHO supports Nigeria in responding to the yellow fever outbreak amidst a global pandemic

As hospitals fill up, paramedics spend more time moving patients, less on emergencies

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron mutations on the use of therapeutic antibodies in COVID-19 treatment

R-Biopharm receives approval of COVID-19 test in the UK under CTDA legislation

Analysis of the alteration of neutralizing titers with Omicron pseudovirus

COVID-19 variant that caused cough as first symptom may have hastened disease spread in the U.S.

Study provides a more effective treatment approach to preventing graft-versus-host-disease

Study determines minimally effective dose of clinical candidate gene therapy vector to treat hemophilia A

25 million people in the UK have had COVID-19 top up jab

Antibody-like proteins derived from sharks may be used to combat future SARS outbreaks

NIH scientists highlight the urgent need for universal coronavirus vaccines

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Oh, oh, omicron

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