Immunology
How LPS prevents or promotes development of asthma and allergic disease
Immunologists have long been baffled by LPS, the bacterial lipopolysaccharide that helps form the cell walls of Gram-negative bacteria.
Jan 5, 2022
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Medications
Antiviral treatments should work well against Omicron, experts say
(HealthDay)—The Omicron variant could prompt a reshuffling of the way doctors treat COVID infections in the United States, and antiviral pills will likely lead the way in that redoubled effort, Harvard experts say.
Dec 10, 2021
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Medications
Pills could prove COVID game changer
Harvard experts in medical therapeutics say the recent development of pills to treat COVID-19 may turn out to be a pandemic game changer for a simple reason: When it comes to treating the ailment, the earlier the better.
Nov 11, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New web server helps identify COVID-19 drug candidates
Rice University researchers have introduced an online portal to help researchers screen COVID-19 drug candidates that might attack specific proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Nov 1, 2021
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Medical research
Journeying 'inside' the COVID-19 viral protein to attack a weak point
Virtual reality (VR) technology enables scientists to create 3D models of an object and then virtually go "inside" to look around to better understand its structure and function.
Oct 28, 2021
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Medications
New biosensor method eliminates need for biosafety lab containment in screening drugs against coronavirus
Nineteen months into the pandemic, the need for antiviral drugs targeted against COVID-19 is clear, given the global persistence of the virus, its ability to rapidly mutate into new variants and the possibility that it could ...
Oct 22, 2021
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Medications
A drug cocktail stops SARS-CoV-2 infection of stem cells
The COVID-19 vaccine is just one example of the rapid and global effort to stopping the pandemic. Drugs too are being developed. A new study by CiRA researchers shows that the combination of two drugs halts the infection ...
Oct 21, 2021
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The potential of natural extracts to reduce the reproductive capacity of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València has just published a study analyzing the potential of plant extracts and/or natural compounds to inhibit the protease activity of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
Oct 7, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pfizer starts large trial for anti-COVID pill
Pfizer said Monday it had begun a middle-to-late stage clinical trial of a pill to stave off COVID in people who are exposed to infection.
Sep 27, 2021
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Researchers pinpoint promising inhibitors that could lead to new antiviral drugs to treat COVID-19
The rapid development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines has been a major step forward in helping bring the pandemic under control. But with the rise of variants and an uneven global distribution of vaccines, COVID-19 ...
Aug 10, 2021
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