Medical research
Researchers discover the secret to Strep A virulence
Griffith University researchers have unlocked one of the secrets as to why some forms of Strep A are associated with severe invasive infection.
Feb 9, 2023
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Inflammatory disorders
Study provides an explanation and potential solution for severe graft-versus-host disease
The severity of immune-mediated intestinal diseases such as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) or inflammatory bowel diseases is known to be associated with alterations in the gut microbiome, but what leads to such disruption ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Immunology
Study reframes understanding of graft-versus-host disease
New research challenges the prevailing hypothesis for how donor stem cell grafts cause graft-versus-host disease, or GVHD, and offers an alternative model that could guide development of novel therapies.
Jan 30, 2023
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Immunology
New data suggests COVID vaccine design ideas with better variant resilience
Latest research findings show that vaccine-elicited neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 are mostly directed against one of the two main domains of the viral entry machinery.
Nov 29, 2022
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Medical research
Blood group can predict risk of contracting viral disease
The risk of being infected by parvovirus is elevated in those people who have blood group Rh(D), according to a study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases by researchers from Karolinska Institutetin Sweden in collaboration ...
Nov 25, 2022
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Medications
Researchers discover existing drug can disrupt coronavirus replication
In early 2020, Eric Pringle and Brett Duguay found themselves spending much of their time in their microbiology lab on the seventh floor of Dal's Tupper Building. The virologists were busy testing potential antivirals for ...
Nov 23, 2022
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Medical research
COVID-19: The spike protein is no longer the only target
Structural details of an attractive drug target in coronaviruses that could be used against SARS-CoV-2 and in future pandemics have been published today in eLife.
Nov 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Capitalizing on cancer immunotherapy techniques to develop a potential variant-proof treatment for COVID-19
Millions have died due to COVID-19 infection, and millions more continue experiencing the chronic condition, Long COVID, which makes discovering practical, accessible, and powerful SARS-CoV-2 preventatives and COVID-19 treatments ...
Nov 11, 2022
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Genetics
Ancient viral remnants in the human genome are active in normal tissues
Remnants of ancient viruses in the human genome are active in healthy tissues as well as diseased ones, limiting their utility as disease biomarkers, according to a study by Aidan Burn at Tufts University in Boston, U.S. ...
Oct 18, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study identifies skin microbiome as a factor in stem cell transplants
Organ damage occurs in up to 70% of patients in the first few months following stem cell transplant. The precise reasons for this potentially life-threatening reaction have long been the subject of scientific research.
Oct 13, 2022
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