Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vaccine for many common cold viruses achievable
Scientists are making the case that a vaccine against rhinoviruses, the predominant cause of the common cold, is achievable.
Sep 28, 2016
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Immunology
Warmer body temperature puts the heat on the common cold
A new Yale study reveals how body temperature affects the immune system's response to the common cold virus. The research, published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may provide additional strategies ...
Jul 11, 2016
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Short sleepers are four times more likely to catch a cold: Researchers connect sleep loss to higher rates of illness
Scientists have long associated sufficient sleep with good health. Now they've confirmed it.
Aug 31, 2015
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Cold virus replicates better at cooler temperatures
The common cold virus can reproduce itself more efficiently in the cooler temperatures found inside the nose than at core body temperature, according to a new Yale-led study. This finding may confirm the popular yet contested ...
Jan 5, 2015
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Researchers find new rhinovirus infection insights
(Medical Xpress)—On average, each of us catches a cold two to three times a year. However, how the common cold virus actually infects us is only partly understood. Researchers from the Max F. Perutz Laboratories of the ...
Dec 31, 2013
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Model virus structure shows why there's no cure for common cold
In a pair of landmark studies that exploit the genetic sequencing of the "missing link" cold virus, rhinovirus C, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have constructed a three-dimensional model of the pathogen ...
Oct 28, 2013
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Gene therapy restores sense of smell, may aid research into other diseases caused by cilia defects
Scientists have restored the sense of smell in mice through gene therapy for the first time—a hopeful sign for people who can't smell anything from birth or lose it due to disease.
Sep 2, 2012
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Upper respiratory viruses may contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in childhood asthma
Vulnerability to upper respiratory viruses such as flu and the common cold may help explain significant racial and ethnic disparities among children suffering from asthma, according to a new study published in the Journal ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
U.S. doctors on the frontlines of hepatitis outbreak striking kids
As health experts around the world try to understand why nearly 200 children in 12 countries have fallen seriously ill with severe hepatitis, doctors in Alabama are investigating nine such cases in that state.
Apr 27, 2022
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New worry: 'Flurona,' when COVID meets the flu
(HealthDay)—It's a COVID phenomenon that had, until now, gone relatively unnoticed: You can be infected with COVID-19 and the flu at the same time.
Jan 10, 2022
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