Revolutionary Silicon Spikes Destroy 96% of Viruses on Contact
An international research team led by RMIT University has designed and manufactured a virus-killing surface that could help control disease spread in hospitals, labs, and…
An international research team led by RMIT University has designed and manufactured a virus-killing surface that could help control disease spread in hospitals, labs, and…
Researchers have long understood that certain viruses and bacteria initiate infections by initially attaching to sugar molecules present on the cell surfaces lining the sinuses…
A group of scientists from around the world, including geneticists and disease biologists from the University of Oxford and LMU Munich, have utilized ancient DNA…
Understanding the ancestry of virus families may assist researchers in pinpointing which variants possess the potential to become Disease X, the elusive pathogen responsible for…
Researchers at the Center for Translational Antiviral Research within the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University have discovered that the makeup of gut…
Willow bark, already the origin of aspirin, could now be the key to a vital new antiviral medication. From seasonal colds to stomach bugs, it’s…
Extracellular vesicles significantly contribute more to horizontal gene transfer in oceans than previously thought. The oceans are teeming with microorganisms engaging in a dynamic exchange…
Bacteriophages, also called phages, are viruses that infect and kill bacteria, their natural hosts. But from a macromolecular viewpoint, phages can be can be viewed…
Professor René Ketting’s team at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Mainz, Germany, along with Dr. Sebastian Falk’s group at the Max Perutz Labs…
Detailed 3D modeling aided Rice scientists in enhancing the system’s precision. Small and precise: These are the ideal characteristics for CRISPR systems, the Nobel-prize winning technology used…
The Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth, descends almost 11,000 meters (36,000 feet) at its lowest point on the floor of the Pacific Ocean….
Platelets, or thrombocytes, are specialized cellular fragments that form blood clots when we get scrapes and traumatic injuries. Conditions such as viral infections, autoimmune diseases,…
SARS-CoV-2 lineage EG.5.1 has an advantage at evading neutralizing antibodies. When vaccinated or infected, our immune system creates antibodies that target the spike protein of…
A research study found that without key proteins, the virus cannot infect people. Recent research from UC Riverside has identified COVID’s Achilles heel — its…
Researchers from China and Nottingham have identified mutational changes occurring in a subtype of avian flu virus endemic in poultry farms in China. These alterations…
Omicron variants, which spread rapidly worldwide, attach to cells more effectively and elude antibodies with greater efficiency compared to earlier variants. The omicron variants of…
The virus restructures infected cells to protect against antibody attacks. Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have discovered that the virus causing chikungunya…
Commercially available mass spectrometers can be reliably used to detect the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, according to research from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). In a…