HIV & AIDS
HIV study reveals new group of men at risk of infection
A group of men who may be underestimating their HIV risk has been identified in a new study.
Jun 4, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers reveal why shingles can lead to stroke
Scientists investigating why people who have had shingles are at a higher risk of stroke, now believe the answer lies within lipid vesicles called exosomes that shuttle proteins and genetic information between cells, according ...
Oct 28, 2022
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2% of people carry 90% of COVID-19 virus, and roommates are safer than you think
A few "super carriers" with off-the-charts viral loads are likely responsible for the bulk of COVID-19 transmissions, while about half of infected people aren't contagious at all at the time of diagnosis, suggests a new CU ...
Mar 16, 2021
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New study shows masks and air cleaners were associated with stopping COVID-19 in two Swiss schools
A new study shows that masking and portable air cleaners reduced the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 in two Swiss schools. A team led by Nicolas Banholzer and Kathrin Zürcher of the University of Bern, Switzerland, ...
May 18, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tracing the transmission rates and origins of SARS-CoV-2 strains circulating in Brazil
A large international team of researchers has conducted a study aimed at tracing the transmission rates and the origin of major SARS-CoV-2 strains currently circulating in Brazil. In their paper published in the journal Science, ...
Medical research
VirScan reveals your viral infection history in a single drop of blood
New technology developed by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers makes it possible to test for current and past infections with any known human virus by analyzing a single drop of a person's blood. The method, ...
Jun 4, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
Patients with rare natural ability to suppress HIV shed light on potential functional cure
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified two patients with HIV whose immune cells behave differently than others with the virus and actually appear to help control viral load even years after infection. Moreover, both ...
Nov 27, 2018
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Potential COVID-19 vaccines not affected by dominant "G-strain"
Vaccines currently being developed for COVID-19 should not be affected by recent mutations in the virus, according to a new study involving a University of York virologist.
Oct 8, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Russia's COVID-19 strain did not come from China
Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Life Sciences (CLS) and their colleagues from the Higher School of Economics (HSE), Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza (RII) in St. Petersburg and the Kharkevich Institute ...
Jul 20, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Strain of common cold virus could revolutionize treatment of bladder cancer
A strain of the common cold virus has been found to potentially target, infect and destroy cancer cells in patients with bladder cancer, a new study in the medical journal Clinical Cancer Research reports. No trace of the ...
Jul 5, 2019
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