How SARS-CoV-2 evades the immune system

by Hokkaido UniversityThe expression of the immune response gene NLRC5 (red purple) is suppressed in SARS-CoV-2 (green) infected cells (Photo: Koichi Kobayashi). Credit: Koichi KobayashiResearche

Updated on: April 22,2024 12

How SARS-CoV-2 evades the immune system

by Hokkaido UniversityThe expression of the immune response gene NLRC5 (red purple) is suppressed in SARS-CoV-2 (green) infected cells (Photo: Koichi Kobayashi). Credit: Koichi KobayashiResearche

Updated on:April 22,2024 12

New genomic surveillance tools could help efforts to eliminate damaging parasitic infections

byWashington University in St. LouisOverview of experiments and analysis. (a) Brugia malayi experiments. Adult worms collected from an experimental host (gerbils) and microfilariae of a known pe

Updated on: October 09,2024 0

New genomic surveillance tools could help efforts to eliminate damaging parasitic infections

byWashington University in St. LouisOverview of experiments and analysis. (a) Brugia malayi experiments. Adult worms collected from an experimental host (gerbils) and microfilariae of a known pe

Updated on:October 09,2024 0

SARS-CoV-2 studies: Only neutralizing antibodies allow conclusions to be drawn about protection against new infections

by Medical University of ViennaPrinciple of cell-culture-based neutralization assays. (A) Conventional virus-neutralization test (VNT) and (B) pseudovirus-neutralization test (pVNT) are laborator

Updated on: April 22,2024 12

SARS-CoV-2 studies: Only neutralizing antibodies allow conclusions to be drawn about protection against new infections

by Medical University of ViennaPrinciple of cell-culture-based neutralization assays. (A) Conventional virus-neutralization test (VNT) and (B) pseudovirus-neutralization test (pVNT) are laborator

Updated on:April 22,2024 12

HIV: An antidiabetic drug to reduce chronic inflammation

by University of Montreal Hospital Research CentreScanning electromicrograph of an HIV-infected T cell. Credit: NIAIDMetformin, a drug used to treat type-2 diabetes, could help reduce chronic inflamma

Updated on: April 16,2024 17

HIV: An antidiabetic drug to reduce chronic inflammation

by University of Montreal Hospital Research CentreScanning electromicrograph of an HIV-infected T cell. Credit: NIAIDMetformin, a drug used to treat type-2 diabetes, could help reduce chronic inflamma

Updated on:April 16,2024 17

COVID-19 vaccine responses to be studied in people with immune deficits

by NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesZebra-print ribbon, a symbol for awareness of primary immunodeficiencies and other rare diseases. Credit: NIAIDA study assessing how pe

Updated on: April 12,2024 19

COVID-19 vaccine responses to be studied in people with immune deficits

by NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesZebra-print ribbon, a symbol for awareness of primary immunodeficiencies and other rare diseases. Credit: NIAIDA study assessing how pe

Updated on:April 12,2024 19

'Self-sabotage' prevents immune protection against malaria

by Walter and Eliza Hall InstituteAustralian scientists have for the first time revealed how malaria parasites cause an inflammatory reaction that sabotages our body's ability to protect itse

Updated on: April 01,2024 14

'Self-sabotage' prevents immune protection against malaria

by Walter and Eliza Hall InstituteAustralian scientists have for the first time revealed how malaria parasites cause an inflammatory reaction that sabotages our body's ability to protect itse

Updated on:April 01,2024 14

A new device provides added protection against COVID-19 during endoscopic procedures

by Tohoku UniversityThe device. Credit: Hiroyuki EndoThe COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up unimaginable challenges for healthcare workers. Even simple outpatient procedures such as endoscopies can

Updated on: April 01,2024 15

A new device provides added protection against COVID-19 during endoscopic procedures

by Tohoku UniversityThe device. Credit: Hiroyuki EndoThe COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up unimaginable challenges for healthcare workers. Even simple outpatient procedures such as endoscopies can

Updated on:April 01,2024 15

Study reveals low COVID-19 transmission rate from mothers to newborns

by SingHealthAnnex A. Credit: KK Women's and Children's HospitalAstudyby KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH), Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and National Univer

Updated on: March 20,2024 19

Study reveals low COVID-19 transmission rate from mothers to newborns

by SingHealthAnnex A. Credit: KK Women's and Children's HospitalAstudyby KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH), Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and National Univer

Updated on:March 20,2024 19

Are autoantibodies in COVID-19 less harmful than previously thought?

by Berlin Institute of Health in der Charité (BIH)3D model of an antibody. Credit: TokenzeroCritically ill COVID-19 patients often have antibodies in their blood that bind to the body's own struct

Updated on: April 12,2024 10

Are autoantibodies in COVID-19 less harmful than previously thought?

by Berlin Institute of Health in der Charité (BIH)3D model of an antibody. Credit: TokenzeroCritically ill COVID-19 patients often have antibodies in their blood that bind to the body's own struct

Updated on:April 12,2024 10

Drug repurposing research offers new hope in the fight against RSV

by Jan Grabowski, Zentrum für Experimentelle und Klinische InfektionsforschungIdentification of drug repurposing candidates.AScreening and validation procedure.BHEp-2 cells wer

Updated on: May 21,2024 3

Drug repurposing research offers new hope in the fight against RSV

by Jan Grabowski, Zentrum für Experimentelle und Klinische InfektionsforschungIdentification of drug repurposing candidates.AScreening and validation procedure.BHEp-2 cells wer

Updated on:May 21,2024 3

MS patients face much greater risk of hospitalization, death from COVID-19, despite high rates of vaccination

by European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious DiseasesCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainNew real-world research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiolo

Updated on: April 30,2024 0

MS patients face much greater risk of hospitalization, death from COVID-19, despite high rates of vaccination

by European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious DiseasesCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainNew real-world research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiolo

Updated on:April 30,2024 0

Study links key gene to protection from severe illness and death from COVID infections in men under age 75

by David March,NYU Langone HealthGraphical Abstract. Credit:The Journal of Infectious Diseases(2024). DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae031A certain variant of a key anti-inflammatory gene pro

Updated on: March 20,2024 13

Study links key gene to protection from severe illness and death from COVID infections in men under age 75

by David March,NYU Langone HealthGraphical Abstract. Credit:The Journal of Infectious Diseases(2024). DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae031A certain variant of a key anti-inflammatory gene pro

Updated on:March 20,2024 13