Aug. 21, 2023 —The rate at which additional COVID-19 boosters are needed for cancer patients depends on the treatment they are receiving, researchers ...
Aug. 10, 2023 —A study has identified a new pathway that human immune deficiency virus (HIV) uses to enter the nucleus of a healthy cell, where it can then replicate and go on to invade other ...
Aug. 10, 2023 —Following the first stay-at-home orders issued in the U.S. to curb the spread of COVID-19, gastrointestinal viruses such as norovirus, rotavirus and adenovirus all but disappeared from California ...
Aug. 9, 2023 —Breastfeeding has long been used as a method to help keep newborns healthy and protected against a variety of diseases. But certain sugars naturally found in breastmilk could also help prevent ...
Aug. 9, 2023 —Two oral drugs, molnupiravir and paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir), provide equivalent therapeutic benefit in preventing severe COVID-19 in animal models, but only molnupiravir efficiently blocked ...
Aug. 9, 2023 —The drug tecovirimat is currently in use for the treatment of mpox -- the disease caused by monkeypox virus -- that spread worldwide in 2022. Tecovirimat is an anti-poxviral drug, and its use is ...
Aug. 8, 2023 —Some HIV-1 carriers who have received an early antiretroviral treatment during several years are able to control the virus for a long term after treatment interruption. However, the mechanisms ...
Aug. 4, 2023 —Hospital-acquired infections are often hard to treat because the corresponding pathogens become increasingly resistant against antibiotics. The bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii is particularly ...
Aug. 4, 2023 —Researchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which bacteria share their genetic material through virus parasites. The insights could help scientists to better understand how bacteria ...
Aug. 2, 2023 —A study on almost four thousand people of African descent has identified a gene that acts as natural defense against HIV by limiting its replication in certain white blood cells. This research paves ...
Aug. 2, 2023 —Antiviral therapies are notoriously difficult to develop, as viruses can quickly mutate to become resistant to drugs. But what if a new generation of antivirals ignores the fast-mutating proteins on ...
Aug. 2, 2023 —A team of scientists has made an important breakthrough in the fight against RNA viruses that cause human diseases and ...
Aug. 1, 2023 —In a breakthrough for bioengineering, researchers have developed organoids that can model the human respiratory tract. The organoids, called AirGels, allow them to uncover the mechanism by which ...
Aug. 1, 2023 —The availability, speed and effectiveness of genomic sequencing increased dramatically during the pandemic, as scientists worldwide rushed to find ways to track and predict the virus's movement ...
Aug. 1, 2023 —Researchers have developed a device -- a breath test that uses a biosensor -- as a tool for use in doctors' offices and crowded public locations to quickly diagnose people infected with the ...
July 31, 2023 —Tuberculosis (TB) disproportionately affects vulnerable populations including those with limited economic resources, HIV patients, those whose diet is deficient in nutrients and others. Resistant TB ...
July 28, 2023 —Scientists appear to have discovered a way to produce a true structure of the rare but naturally-occurring anti-HIV compound Lancilactone C from start to finish. The domino-like reaction enables the ...
July 27, 2023 —A new study of the strain of influenza A responsible for the 2009 H1N1 pandemic -- pdm09 -- shows that the virus has passed from humans to swine about 370 times since 2009, and subsequent circulation ...
July 26, 2023 —The results of a novel study has revealed exciting findings in the pursuit of an HIV ...
July 25, 2023 —在2022 - 2023年爆发的猴痘,现在已知的as mpox (caused by the monkeypox virus or MPXV) led to 87,000 human cases in 170 countries. Most cases were reported outside the usual areas in which ...