Pediatrics
Easier diagnosis of childhood fever using a new rapid blood test
A simple blood test which may be able to rapidly diagnose the cause of a child's illness could be "transformative," say researchers.
Aug 18, 2023
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Immunology
Research finds that molecules in vegetables can help to ease lung infection
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that molecules in vegetables like broccoli or cauliflower help to maintain a healthy barrier in the lung and ease infection.
Aug 16, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds most infants receiving ICU-level care for RSV had no underlying medical condition
Most infants admitted to the intensive care or high acuity unit for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections during fall 2022 were previously healthy and born at term, according to a new study reported in JAMA Network ...
Aug 15, 2023
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Genetics
Using metagenomics to identify viruses in plasma samples
A large team of medical scientists affiliated with a host of institutions in Nigeria and the U.S., has found that it is possible to use metagenomics to identify a host of viruses in real-world plasma samples. In their paper ...
Immunology
Nanobodies from alpacas could steer immune attacks on influenza
While conventional flu vaccines are designed to anticipate the influenza strains projected to dominate in the next flu season, they're only partially effective. And while antiviral drugs are available to treat active flu ...
Aug 15, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer-infecting virus 'warms up' cold tumors and improves immunotherapy
Equipping cancer-infecting (oncolytic) viruses with tumor-inhibiting genetic cargo stimulates the immune system and helps immunotherapy to shrink or completely clear aggressive tumors in mice, according to a new study in ...
Aug 14, 2023
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Medications
Universal siRNA COVID-19 treatment shows promise in the lab
Lab data in cells has shown that siRNA has the potential to treat COVID-19 infection better than existing antivirals, according to new research from UNSW's Kirby and RNA Institutes, published today in Antiviral Research.
Aug 10, 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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Medications
Treatments for poxviruses—including those causing mpox and smallpox—may already exist in licensed drugs
Scientists studying how poxviruses evade natural defenses in human cells have identified a new approach to treatment that may be more durable than current treatments.
Aug 9, 2023
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