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Infectious Diseases

SARS-CoV-2: Infection Induces antibodies capable of killing infected cells

April 21, 2021
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Paris, France — Drawing on epidemiological field studies and the French COVID hospital cohort coordinated by Inserm, teams from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS and the Vaccine Research Institute (VRI,...

Gut’s Immune Response in COVID-19 may not Provide Efficient Protection of Other Organs

April 20, 2021
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Erlangen, Germany — Our guts may not provide long-lasting systemic immunity from COVID-19, which is where immune cells circulate through the body to provide protection to other organs, finds a new...

Virologists Develop Broadly Protective Coronavirus Vaccines

April 19, 2021
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Blacksburg, VA — A candidate vaccine that could provide protection against the COVID-19 virus and other coronaviruses has shown promising results in early animal testing. The candidate coronavirus...

COVID-19: Scientists Identify Human Genes that Fight Infection

April 19, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have identified a set of human genes that fight SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes COVID-19. Knowing which genes help control viral infection...

Simulations Reveal How Dominant SARS-CoV-2 Strain Binds to Host, Succumbs to Antibodies

April 19, 2021
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Los Alamos, NM — Large-scale supercomputer simulations at the atomic level show that the dominant G form variant of the COVID-19-causing virus is more infectious partly because of its greater ability...

Norovirus Clusters are Resistant to Environmental Stresses and UV Disinfection, New Study Finds

April 16, 2021
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Washington, DC — Clusters of a virus known to cause stomach flu are resistant to detergent and ultraviolet disinfection, according to new research co-led by Dr. Danmeng Shuai, an associate professor...

Understanding the Growth of Disease-Causing Protein Fibers

April 16, 2021
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Bath, UK — Amyloid fibrils are deposits of proteins in the body that join together to form microscopic fibers. Their formation has been linked to many serious human diseases including Alzheimer’s,...

Inside the Protein Channel that Keeps Bacteria Alive

April 14, 2021
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New York, NY — Almost all bacteria rely on the same emergency valves–protein channels that pop open under pressure, releasing a deluge of cell contents. It is a last-ditch effort, a failsafe...

Gut Epithelium Muscles Up Against Infection

April 14, 2021
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Uppsala, Sweden — To maximise absorption of nutrients from the diet, the intestinal mucous membrane has a large surface area. However, this also makes it vulnerable to attack from aggressive gut microbes....

Two Studies Support Key Role for Immune System in Shaping SARS-CoV-2 Evolution

April 12, 2021
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Bethesda, MD — Two studies published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens provide new evidence supporting an important role for the immune system in shaping the evolution of SARS-CoV-2, the virus...

First Images of Cells Exposed to COVID-19 Vaccine Reveal Native-Like Coronavirus Spikes

April 9, 2021
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Southampton, UK — New research has for the first time compared images of the protein spikes that develop on the surface of cells exposed to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to the protein spike of the...

Scientists Developed a Safe and Cheap Technology of Disinfection of Packed Eggs

April 7, 2021
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Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia — Russian researchers have developed an inexpensive, safe, and reliable packed eggs surface disinfection technology. This technology helps to kill bacteria, including salmonella,...

T Cells Recognize Recent SARS-CoV-2 Variants

April 1, 2021
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Bethesda, MD — When variants of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) emerged in late 2020, concern arose that they might elude protective immune responses generated by prior infection or vaccination,...

Anti-Inflammatory Drug Protects Against Lethal Inflammation from COVID-19 in Animal Models

April 1, 2021
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New York, NY — Mount Sinai researchers have found that a widely available and inexpensive drug targeting inflammatory genes has reduced morbidity and mortality in mice infected with SARS-CoV-2, the...

How Streptococcus Pyogenes can Survive on Skin and Cause Skin Infections

April 1, 2021
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Osaka, Japan — Streptococcus pyogenes is one of the most important bacterial causes of human skin infections. If S. pyogenes invades deep into the tissue, it can cause life-threatening illnesses, such...

Differences in Herpes Virus Symptoms may Relate to Variations in Strain Gene Expression

March 30, 2021
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University Park, PA — Why do some people with cold sores around their lips experience painful lesions, while others have no symptoms at all, yet still spread the virus? A new study conducted at Penn...

New Technique Provides Detailed Map of lung Pathology in COVID-19

March 30, 2021
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New York, NY — A team led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian has used advanced technology and analytics to map, at single-cell resolution, the cellular landscape of...

Protein Fingerprinting in Minutes

March 26, 2021
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Berlin, Germany — Researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Francis Crick Institute have developed a mass spectrometry-based technique capable of measuring samples containing...

‘Silencing’ Protein to Weaken COVID-19

March 25, 2021
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Oeiras, Portugal — When invaded by a virus, our body cells launch an alert to neighbouring cells to increase their antiviral defenses to prevent the infection from spreading. Some viruses, however,...

Breakthrough in Developing New Diagnostic Procedure for Pulmonary Aspergillosis

March 24, 2021
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Exeter, UK — Scientists have developed a pioneering new procedure that will help diagnose a potentially lethal fungal lung disease with greater speed and accuracy, and with less distress to the patient. A...

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