Scientists from Hokkaido University have discovered a novel defensive response to SARS-CoV-2 that involves the viral pattern recognition receptor RIG-I. Upregulating expression of this protein could strengthen the immune ...
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Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered one way in which SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, hijacks human cell machinery to blunt the immune response, allowing it ...
Apr 29, 2021
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Picolinic acid, a natural compound produced by mammalian cells, can block several disease-causing viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A viruses, according to a new study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science ...
Jul 18, 2023
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When a virus invades the body, it leaves fingerprints behind. A research tool known as VirScan can detect this evidence—from just a single drop of blood—and identify the viruses that have infected a person in the past. ...
Mar 31, 2020
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A team of medical researchers at Stanford University, working with a colleague from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences in Taiwan, has discovered a possible way to prevent or treat lung damage associated with long COVID. ...
A team from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and Monash University has engineered a COVID-19 vaccine that induced—in pre-clinical models—very long-lasting, protective ...
Jun 4, 2024
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If someone is vaccinated against the measles virus, they likely won't get measles.
Mar 11, 2024
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USC researchers have developed a new method to counter emergent mutations of the coronavirus and hasten vaccine development to stop the pathogen responsible for killing thousands of people and ruining the economy.
Feb 5, 2021
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After reports of two dogs testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong, the most recent news to cause alarm among animal owners is that of a cat in Belgium with apparent symptoms of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Apr 1, 2020
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The human immune system is a highly complex network of cells, signals, and responses that is tightly regulated to ensure that the body can fight off infection without damaging its own tissues. Now, researchers from Japan ...
Dec 28, 2022
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