COVID-19 Vaccine Used in Much of the World No Match for Omicron Variant
Millions of people around the world have received two shots of Sinovac, a Chinese-manufactured inactive vaccine that is used in 48 countries to help reduce…
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Stealth Moves: COVID Virus Goes “Underground” To Spread From Cell to Cell
Study sheds light on COVID virus transmissibility, resistance to host immunity. The virus that causes COVID-19 has adopted some stealth moves to stay alive and…
Artificial Intelligence Used To Search for the Next SARS-COV-2
Daniel Becker, an assistant professor of biology in the University of Oklahoma’s Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences, has been leading a proactive modeling…
“Superpower” Nano Bubbles Could Treat and Prevent COVID-19 – Including Current and Future Variants
Nano-bubble evACE2 fights new variants as well as or better than original strain of virus. Drug can be delivered as nasal spray Acts as decoy…
New Study Shows Third Dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID Vaccine May Protect Against Omicron
A new study that evaluated the effectiveness of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccine against the Omicron variant indicates that three doses could offer a sufficient level…
Possible Achilles’ Heel Discovered for Respiratory Viruses – Like COVID-19 – That Hijack Immune Mechanisms
One viral protein may provide clues for preventing pneumonia, which is brought on by the body’s heightened inflammatory response to respiratory viruses like the COVID-19…
U.S. Military Evidence That Epstein-Barr Virus Causes Multiple Sclerosis
A new analysis of data from U.S. military recruits suggests multiple sclerosis (MS) – a disease considered of unknown etiology – is a complication of…
COVID Gets Airborne – Expert Explains How Viruses Travel Through the Air
UC San Diego develops computer model to aid understanding of how viruses travel through the air. In May 2021, the Centers for Disease Control officially…
Compelling Evidence That Multiple Sclerosis Is Caused by Epstein-Barr Virus
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a progressive disease that affects 2.8 million people worldwide and for which there is no definitive cure, is likely caused by infection…
Shall We Play a Game? Researchers Use AI To Search for the Next COVID/SARS-Like Virus
An international research team led by scientists at Georgetown University have demonstrated the power of artificial intelligence to predict which viruses could infect humans —…
Sugar-Coated COVID-19 Test Strip Takes Advantage of Coronavirus’ Sweet Tooth To Detect All Variants
Carolina researchers design rapid sensing COVID-19 test to meet the challenge of tracking variants and global disease containment. Even those tracking each new discovery about…
T Cells From Common Colds Cross-Protect Against COVID-19 Infection
A new study, published in Nature Communications and led by Imperial College London researchers, provides the first evidence of a protective role for these T…
The Battle of the COVID Variants: A Winning Approach
In order to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the long term, it is crucial to understand why one SARS-CoV-2 variant prevails over another. An international…
Advanced Photon Source Helps Pfizer Create COVID-19 Antiviral Treatment Paxlovid
The new drug, Paxlovid, significantly reduced hospitalization and death in adult patients and is authorized for emergency use in the United States. On December 22,…
New Robotic Platform Speeds Up Directed Evolution of Molecules in the Lab
Using a new robotic platform, researchers can simultaneously track hundreds of microbial populations as they evolve new proteins or other molecules. Natural evolution is a…
Distortion: Scientists Discover New Strategy for Antibodies To Disable Viruses
It is widely understood that antibodies neutralize viruses by latching onto their surfaces and blocking them from infecting host cells. But new research reveals that…
COVID-19 Infections in Nursing Homes: New Simulation Model for Optimal Prevention and Vaccination Strategies
Austrian researchers developed detailed epidemiological model for the spread of the coronavirus in nursing homes. Researchers from TU Graz and Complexity Science Hub (CSH) Vienna…
Easy-To-Take Antiretroviral Medicine Better at Suppressing HIV in Children
A once-a-day antiretroviral medicine that is low-cost and easy for children to take is also more effective at suppressing HIV than standard treatments, according to…
