Immunology
'Missing link' explains how viruses trigger immunity
A discovery by Melbourne researchers has solved a longstanding mystery of how viruses trigger protective immunity within our body.
Sep 12, 2017
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Surgery
Long-term study reaffirms benefits of COVID-19 vaccination for organ transplant recipients
Findings from a two-year study of nearly 2,400 solid organ transplant recipients, conducted by the Johns Hopkins Transplant Research Center (TRC) in collaboration with the New York University Center for Surgical and Applied ...
Aug 18, 2023
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Immunology
Preclinical study: Probiotic-derived molecule may suppress fatal brain inflammation
The existence of certain microorganisms in your gut may bolster the immune system's ability to fend off a herpes viral attack that can cause fatal brain inflammation, reports a new City of Hope-led study.
May 14, 2019
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Neuroscience
Protein discovered in Parkinson's disease could lead to new treatments
Currently, there are no disease modifying therapies for Parkinson's disease that can change the progression of the disease. An international team of scientists led by faculty at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical ...
Jun 30, 2022
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Genetics
COVID-19: Scientists identify human genes that fight infection
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have identified a set of human genes that fight SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes COVID-19. Knowing which genes help control viral infection can greatly assist researchers' understanding ...
Apr 16, 2021
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Medical research
Scientists describe new herpes treatment strategy
Scientists have developed a novel treatment approach for persistent viral infections such as herpes.
Dec 3, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 vaccines lower risk of infection with Delta variant, but infection can still be passed on in household settings
People who have received two vaccine doses against COVID-19 have a lower, but still appreciable, risk of becoming infected with the delta variant compared with unvaccinated people. Vaccinated people clear the infection more ...
Oct 28, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study reveals strategy to create COVID-19 drugs to inhibit virus's entry and replication
SARS-CoV-2, the respiratory virus that causes COVID-19, attacks the body in multiple steps. Gaining entry into cells deep within the lungs and hijacking the human host cell's machinery to churn out copies of itself are two ...
Nov 6, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New mechanisms of arthritis may be caused by mosquito-borne viruses
Some therapies successful in treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may help us better understand how to treat people with debilitating mosquito-borne viral diseases, new Griffith University research has found.
Mar 8, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers reveal how oral bacteria suppress protection against viral growth
Researchers from the University of Louisville School of Dentistry and their colleagues have discovered details of how proteins produced by oral epithelial cells protect humans against viruses entering the body through the ...
Jan 5, 2022
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