Vaccines are effective in decreasing hospitalization and deaths from COVID-19 infection but the emergence of viral variants of concern may diminish their efficacy. A study publishing December 2nd in PLOS Pathogens by Emma ...
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Scientists around the world have been working in earnest to improve understanding of an increasingly virulent superbug, Clostridium difficile. The highly contagious hospital-acquired pathogen, designated by the Centers for ...
Dec 2, 2021
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A new study by researchers at The Wistar Institute, an international biomedical research leader in cancer, immunology, infectious disease, and vaccine development, shows how key features on the surface of HIV-infected cells ...
Nov 11, 2021
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COVID-19 reduces the numbers and functional competence of certain types of immune cells in the blood, say LMU researchers. This could affect responses to secondary infections.
Oct 28, 2021
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Researchers from The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science have found that infection with the measles virus activates not one but two branches of the innate immune system. This is because of the effect of the ...
Oct 14, 2021
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The mortality rate of COVID-19 patients requiring mechanical ventilation is 30-40%, however, the immunological factors associated with death in critically ill COVID-19 patients are poorly understood. A study published in ...
Sep 16, 2021
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Despite the development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, effective therapeutics are needed until worldwide immunity has been achieved. A study published in PLOS Pathogens by Adam Pickard and Karl Kadler at University of Manchester, ...
Sep 9, 2021
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University of Minnesota researchers have developed a novel virus-like particle vaccine against COVID-19. Having been successfully tested in animals, the novel vaccine—created as part of a study whose findings were recently ...
Sep 8, 2021
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Information on granulocytes helps to understand mechanisms associated with COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Such information also promotes the development of better diagnostic methods and therapies.
Aug 30, 2021
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In Finland, a disease known as nephropathia epidemica, a mild form of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is caused by the Puumala virus (PUUV), which is a member of the family Hantaviridae. In addition to Finland, ...
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