Researchers have discovered a novel mechanism whereby the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, can vary its mode of infection in human cells. In work published in the journal eLife, a team from the University of Minnesota ...
Dec 5, 2023
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Some viruses move between species. For example, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can spill over from humans to mink, an agricultural species, and then spill back from mink to humans. Spillback is a concern because ...
Nov 29, 2023
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A quartet of psychologists, economists and health behaviorists from the University of Bamberg, the University of Chicago, the University of Vienna and the University of Erfurt, respectively, has found that people's political ...
Using artificial intelligence technology and mathematical modeling, a research group led by Nagoya University has revealed that human behavior, such as lockdowns and isolation measures, affects the evolution of new strains ...
Nov 21, 2023
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Researchers at Cleveland Clinic have identified a new way that the SARS-CoV-2 virus hijacks its host's translation machinery using elements within its genetic material and causes COVID-19, paving the way for future study.
Nov 14, 2023
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Children are an underutilized source of potential antibody therapies to counteract the "ever-evolving" COVID-19 pandemic, according to researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Nov 9, 2023
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Another at-home treatment option for the flu and other respiratory illnesses is closer to becoming a reality, thanks to new research that found inhaled, monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 significantly reduced COVID-19 ...
Nov 7, 2023
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A team of University of Maryland researchers developed a nasal spray vaccine that delivers the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein into cells of the airway in mice and hamsters, triggering an immune response that significantly reduced ...
Nov 6, 2023
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Certain diseases transmitted from animals to humans could kill 12 times as many people in 2050 than they did in 2020, researchers have claimed.
Nov 4, 2023
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A combined team of medical researchers from Columbia University and the University of Michigan has found that, despite multiple mutations, the SARS-CoV-2 omicron subvariant BA.2.86 does not appear to be more dangerous than ...
