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Genetics

Lentiviral vectors offer gene therapy option for hemophilia A patients with anti-AAV antibodies

Research led by Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, has demonstrated the successful use of lentiviral vectors to deliver gene therapy for patients with severe hemophilia A. The study presents a potential alternative ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Semen study finds more pathogens capable of sexual transmission

An analysis of data from hundreds of studies identified 22 viruses capable of persisting in human semen after infection, with nine showing evidence of sexual transmission.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study shows deep learning model accurately diagnoses COPD

Using just one inhalation lung CT scan, a deep learning model can accurately diagnose and stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

Medications

A new class of antivirals could help prevent future pandemics

The arrival of Paxlovid in December 2021 marked another turning point in the COVID-19 pandemic—an effective antiviral that has since successfully treated millions. But like many antivirals before it, scientists know that ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Bird flu in California child similar to strain seen in livestock

As an outbreak of bird flu among dairy cows continues, U.S. health officials reported Tuesday that the strain of bird flu detected in a California child is similar to the strain spreading through livestock, though the patient ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

CDC's post-COVID reforms: What has changed and what remains

Can there ever be scientific certainty during a pandemic caused by a novel infectious disease? Ann C. Keller, associate professor at Berkeley Public Health and a political scientist, says no—and argues that the Centers ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Malaria mortality returns to pre-COVID levels: WHO

Malaria mortality has fallen back to levels seen before the COVID-19 crisis, the WHO said Wednesday, but called for faster progress against the disease that killed nearly some 597,000 people last year.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

El Niño linked to rise in dengue mosquito infestations in Brazil

An article published in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases reports the findings of a study that shows El Niño to be linked to an increase in infestations of Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that transmits dengue, chikungunya ...

Medical research

Scientists reveal how COVID-19 variants hijack human cells

Scientists at the University of Helsinki, University of Eastern Finland and University of Turku are investigating the intricate ways in which various SARS-CoV-2 variants, like delta and omicron, interact with human cells ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Expert explains shingles and the shingles vaccine

Shingles can strike anyone who had chickenpox when they were young, and the intense pain that can accompany this body rash has sidelined many a senior.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How measles, whooping cough, and worse could roar back

The availability of safe, effective COVID vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the 300-year history of vaccination, seemingly heralding an age of protection against infectious diseases.