Some Viruses Make You Smell Tastier to Mosquitoes – Increasing the Spread of Disease
Dengue and Zika viruses alter the microbiome in both humans and mice to attract mosquitoes and spread to new hosts. Zika and dengue fever viruses…
Dengue and Zika viruses alter the microbiome in both humans and mice to attract mosquitoes and spread to new hosts. Zika and dengue fever viruses…
The first discovery of viruses infecting a group of microbes that may include the ancestors of all complex life has been found, scientists at The…
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering researchers point to macrophages. When a virus makes its way into a person’s body, one of the…
Study identifies 1,200+ RNA viruses with connections to carbon flux. Many scientists believe that climate change is a significant threat and that we are running…
The new peer-reviewed paper can help inform the development of new vaccines and therapeutics. When SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, first appeared, it…
Researchers from the Zoonosis Science Center at Uppsala University have identified a new coronavirus. Their study of approximately 260 bank voles caught around Grimsö, Örebro…
Since spreading outside of Africa and into Europe and North America, the news has been filled with warnings about the monkeypox outbreak. In fact, according…
The Geneva Center for Emerging Viral Diseases (UNIGE / HUG) shares the first sequencing results of the monkeypox genome from Switzerland. The full monkeypox virus…
You may be wondering whether the long-term plans for the COVID-19 pandemic call for an endless number of booster shots. They do provide a boost…
By uniting research from 8 cohorts across the United States, a group of researchers has accelerated the collection of data integral in answering questions about…
You’ve probably heard of many diseases and health problems that befall humanoids, but there are some strange syndromes out there that you probably aren’t familiar…
Like storm waves battering a ship, new versions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, have buffeted the world one after another. Recently, scientists keeping…
A new study from researchers at Tufts University details which species are super spreaders. When it comes to avian influenza, more commonly called bird flu,…
A new research study published on May 11, 2022, in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) finds that…
Copper and silver are known for their antibacterial properties. Researchers from Bochum have explored their effectiveness against viruses. Many pathogens are destroyed by silver and…
Though it is an essential gateway to the liver, NTCP had not been well described before now. Na+-taurocholate co-transporting polypeptide (NTCP) is a protein located…
With recent outbreaks identified in Canada and the United States, H5N1 – a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIv) strain – is quickly becoming a…
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has launched an early-stage clinical trial to evaluate…