Medical research
Is the first cure for advanced rabies near?
Rabies virus is incurable and almost always fatal once it has invaded the central nervous system, with the victim doomed to suffer a horrible death.
Sep 28, 2023
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News tagged with virus protein
Vaccination
New vaccine technology could protect against future viruses and variants
Studies of a "future-proof" vaccine candidate have shown that just one antigen can be modified to provide a broadly protective immune response in animals. The studies suggest that a single vaccine with combinations of these ...
Sep 25, 2023
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Neuroscience
COVID-19 brain fog and the role of Tau proteins
A study published in PNAS Nexus identifies a molecule that may be behind cognitive symptoms, including "brain fog," experienced by those infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Sep 20, 2023
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Genetics
Scientists uncover COVID's weakness: Without key proteins, virus cannot infect people
New UC Riverside research has revealed COVID's Achilles heel—its dependence on key human proteins for its replication—which can be used to prevent the virus from making people sick.
Sep 13, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Q&A: How evasive and transmissible is the newest omicron offshoot, BA.2.86, that causes COVID-19?
The latest variant, or sublineage, of SARS-CoV-2 to emerge on the scene, BA.2.86, has public health experts on alert as COVID-19 hospitalizations begin to rise and the new variant makes its way across the globe.
Sep 12, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New COVID variant may be less threatening than first feared
When new COVID variant BA.2.86 emerged in late July, scientists had concerns about its ability to evade immunity. But early lab tests seem to be easing those fears, as well as concerns over the variant's ability to spread ...
Sep 5, 2023
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Vaccination
EU drug watchdog approves updated Pfizer Covid jab
The EU's drug watchdog on Wednesday approved an updated version of Pfizer and BioNTech's anti-Covid jab to counter an infectious subvariant of the virus as winter approaches.
Aug 30, 2023
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Genetics
SARS-CoV-2: The grasping fingers of the viral N protein
Immediately after the infection of a cell in the throat or lungs, the SARS-CoV-2 virus works very hard to replicate, using the human cell's metabolic pathways to produce its proteins and make sure that its genetic material ...
Aug 21, 2023
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Genetics
Researchers find COVID-19 causes mitochondrial dysfunction in heart and other organs
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, researchers have been trying to determine why this virus creates such negative long-term effects compared with most coronaviruses.
Aug 9, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A new look inside Ebola's 'viral factories'
New research in the journal Nature Communications gives scientists an important window into how Ebola virus replicates inside host cells. The study, led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), reveals the ...
Aug 9, 2023
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