Dentistry
New study shows 24-72 hours of poor oral hygiene impacts oral health
Poor oral hygiene produces gum-disease bacteria and accelerates oral microbiome aging faster than previously thought.
Mar 10, 2021
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mBio
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Solving a genetic mystery at the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its second year, scientists are still working to understand how the new strain of coronavirus evolved, and how it became so much more dangerous than other coronaviruses, which humans have been ...
Mar 4, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nanoparticle-delivered COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows promise in preclinical studies
Researchers from Cleveland Clinic's Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health have developed a promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate that utilizes nanotechnology and has shown strong efficacy in preclinical disease ...
Mar 2, 2021
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Medical research
Potential vaccine to prevent deadly strep A infection
Using a novel technology Griffith University Institute for Glycomics researchers are closer to the development of a new vaccine aimed at preventing the deadly Streptococcus A (strep A), which kills more than 500,000 people ...
Feb 23, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Breastfeeding mothers produce COVID-19 antibodies capable of neutralizing virus
Breastfeeding women with COVID-19 do not pass along the SARS-CoV-2 virus in their milk but do transfer milk-borne antibodies that are able to neutralize the virus, a multi-institutional team of researchers led by the University ...
Feb 10, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sequencing of wastewater useful for control of SARS-CoV-2
Viral genome sequencing of wastewater can detect new SARS-CoV-2 variants before they are detected by local clinical sequencing, according to a new study reported in mBio, an open-access journal of the American Society for ...
Jan 19, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Poor gut health connected to severe COVID-19, new review shows
People infected with COVID-19 experience a wide range of symptoms and severities, the most commonly reported including high fevers and respiratory problems. However, autopsy and other studies have also revealed that the infection ...
Jan 12, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows endothelial cell targeting could help fight COVID-19 symptoms
For COVID-19 patients with serious lung disease, targeting endothelial cells—cells that comprise the blood vessel wall which regulate oxygen exchange between airways and the bloodstream—may be a novel approach restoring ...
Dec 14, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
MMR vaccine could protect against COVID-19
The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine has been theorized to provide protection against COVID-19. In a new study published in mBio, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, researchers provide further ...
Nov 20, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Potential cholera vaccine target discovered
Findings from a team led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), reported in the online journal mBio, may help scientists develop a more effective vaccine for cholera, a bacterial disease that causes severe ...
Nov 17, 2020
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