New COVID-19 Test Uses a Smartphone Camera and CRISPR Genetic Technology
Imagine swabbing your nostrils, putting the swab in a device, and getting a read-out on your phone in 15 to 30 minutes that tells you…
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There Many Different COVID-19 Tests – Which One to Choose?
Different diagnostic techniques are appropriate at different stages of coronavirus infection. Using the right one is crucial for rapid diagnosis to help end the COVID…
Researchers Discover How SARS-CoV-2 Reaches the Brain of COVID-19 Patients
Using post-mortem tissue samples, a team of researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have studied the mechanisms by which the novel coronavirus can reach the…
New Therapy for Flu May Help in Fight Against COVID-19, HIV, and Many Other Pathogenic Viruses
A new therapy for influenza virus infections that may also prove effective against many other pathogenic virus infections, including HIV and COVID-19, has been developed…
Global Task Force to Investigate Origins of COVID-19 Pandemic to “Ensure History Does Not Repeat”
International taskforce announced to look into the origins of SARS-CoV-2, which sparked COVID-19 pandemic nearly one year ago. Named to taskforce is the scientific director…
New COVID-19 Research Provides Deep Insights Into Transmission and Mutation Properties of SARS-CoV-2
Learning from past SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks for future pandemic control. In the COVID-19 pandemic, 57 million people have already been infected worldwide. In the search for…
Sorting Out Viruses With Machine Learning: AI-Powered Nanotechnology May Lead to New Rapid COVID-19 Tests
Scientists at Osaka University develop a label-free method for identifying respiratory viruses based on changes in electrical current when they pass through silicon nanopores, which…
Grabbing Viruses Out of Thin Air: Portable Sensors for Detecting COVID-19 and Other Viruses
The future could hold portable and wearable sensors for detecting viruses and bacteria in the surrounding environment. But we’re not there yet. Scientists at Tohoku…
New Weapon Against Metastatic Cancer: Engineered “Stealth Bomber” Virus
Retooled adenovirus not caught by liver/innate immune system. Many cancer researchers can claim to have devised “smart bombs.” What has been missing is the stealth…
Good COVID News: None of the SARS-CoV-2 Genetic Mutations Appear to Increase Transmissibility
None of the mutations currently documented in the SARS-CoV-2 virus appear to increase its transmissibility in humans, according to a study led by University College…
New Insights Into How the Flu Virus Spreads Within Cities
New insights into the local transmission of seasonal influenza may be valuable for planning interventions to combat the spread of respiratory diseases within cities, according…
Folding of SARS-CoV2 Genome Reveals COVID-19 Drug Targets – And Preparation for “SARS-CoV3”
Scientists at Goethe University within the international consortium COVID19-NMR refine previous 2D models. For the first time, an international research alliance has observed the RNA…
Replication Cycle of SARS-CoV-2 in 3D – “We Can Expect the Coronavirus to Become Seasonal”
Learning how SARS-CoV-2 highjacks host cell machineries will help to develop therapeutic strategies. As the global coronavirus pandemic continues, scientists are not only trying to…
The Role of the Sun in the Spread of Viral Respiratory Diseases Like the Flu and COVID-19
Why do most viral epidemics spread cyclically in autumn and winter in the globe’s temperate regions? According to an interdisciplinary team of researchers of the…
Uncovering Novel Genomes From Earth’s Microbiomes – Expands Known Diversity of Bacteria and Archaea by 44%
Despite advances in sequencing technologies and computational methods in the past decade, researchers have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity….
WHO Advises Against Use of Remdesivir for COVID-19 – Here’s Why
WHO Guideline Development Group: Currently no evidence that it improves survival and other important measures. The antiviral drug remdesivir is not suggested for patients admitted…
SARS-CoV-2 Uses “Genetic Origami” to Infect and Replicate Inside Host Cells – Discovery Could Lead to New COVID-19 Treatments
Discovery of shape of the SARS-CoV-2 genome after infection could inform new COVID-19 treatments. Scientists at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with Justus-Liebig University,…
Holographic Imaging Used to Detect Viruses and Antibodies – Could Aid COVID-19 Diagnostics
A team of NYU scientists has developed a method using holographic imaging to detect both viruses and antibodies. The breakthrough has the potential to aid…
