When we breathe, the SARS-CoV-2 virus enters the body through the cells of the upper respiratory tract. Sensing an invader, the epithelial cells, which are the first line of defense, mount an immediate and broad "innate" ...
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After having successfully tested a mucosal vaccine against coronavirus in animals just months ago, Berlin scientists have now further developed their live SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Researchers at Freie Universität Berlin have ...
Jun 13, 2023
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Researchers at The University of Queensland have discovered viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 can cause brain cells to fuse, initiating malfunctions that lead to chronic neurological symptoms.
Jun 7, 2023
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Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) are investigating how the immune system's T cells react to a wide variety of coronaviruses, ranging from SARS to common cold coronaviruses. Their goal is to guide the ...
Jun 1, 2023
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Cats can play a role in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and their contaminated environment (pens in this study) can be infectious, according to new research. The study is published in Microbiology Spectrum.
May 30, 2023
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People around the world have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus for more than three years. It quickly became apparent that killer T cells play a crucial role in fighting the virus in the body by killing off infected ...
May 29, 2023
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A team of medical researchers from Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York has found that mortality rates are higher for transplant patients receiving a new heart from a person infected ...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase in the chronic autoimmune disease type 1 diabetes was observed in children. Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and TU Dresden, in cooperation with the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Bayern ...
May 22, 2023
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Antibodies that can disarm a virus, known as neutralizing antibodies, are key to the body's ability to fight off infection. MIT chemists have come up with a new way to identify these neutralizing antibodies in a blood sample, ...
May 10, 2023
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Researchers searching for new therapeutic targets in the SARS-CoV-2 virus have identified a potential Achilles' heel that exists in all coronaviruses, according to a study published today in eLife.
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