COVID-19 and pneumolysis simulating extreme high-altitude exposure with altered oxygen transport physiology. Credit: Dr. Gustavo R. Zubieta-Calleja and colleagues, Bentham Science Publishers The article by…
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Under the microscope. Credit: Daniel Hanoch In what has the potential to significantly change how Corona patients are being treated and the severity of the…
A false-color transmission electron micrograph of multiple bacteriophages attached to a bacterial cell wall. Credit: Wikimedia Commons A new genetic approach can accelerate the study…
18 host proteins play an important role during SARS-CoV-2 infection — two of them are particularly interesting. They could open up new ways to treat…
COVID-19 antibodies preferentially target a different part of the virus in mild cases of COVID-19 than they do in severe cases, and wane significantly within…
Even though common mask materials block most of the droplets that spread the virus, that may not be enough at close distances. Simply wearing a…
Mini Antibodies Produced by a Llama and Isolated by Neuroscientists Could Prevent COVID-19 Infection
NIH scientists showed that nanobodies isolated from a llama may prevent COVID-19 infections. Infections happen when SARS-CoV-2 virus spike proteins (yellow) latch onto ACE2 receptors…
This rotating image shows the detailed structure of a “spike” from a coronavirus that causes cold symptoms – a milder relative of the virus that…
Graphical abstract of Airborne pathogen sampling/monitoring kit. Credit: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Development of an integrated sampling/monitoring platform for airborne viruses. Rapid…
A single protein that appears necessary for the COVID-19 virus to reproduce and spread to other cells is a potential weakness that could be targeted…
The drug remdesivir is likely to be a highly effective antiviral against SARS-CoV-2, according to a new study by a team of UK scientists. Writing…
First full results from interim analysis confirm that the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine (AZD1222) has an acceptable safety profile and is efficacious against symptomatic COVID-19 disease,…
Face shields worn alone are not effective against COVID-19 sneezes. Do face shields provide enough protection to the wearers against COVID-19 if they don’t also…
A vaccine that induces immune responses to a wide spectrum of influenza virus strains and subtypes has produced strong and durable results in early-stage clinical…
City of San José Environmental Services Department’s environmental inspectors Isaac Tam and Laila Mufty deploy an autosampler into a manhole at the San José –…
3D structure model of the receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 (in blue) interacting with the human ACE2 receptor (in gray). Amino acids important to the interaction,…
An end-to-end cyber-biological attack, in which unwitting biologists may be tricked into generating dangerous toxins in their labs, has been discovered by Ben-Gurion University of…
A new CRISPR-based test for COVID-19 developed by researchers at Gladstone Institutes, UC Berkeley, and UC San Francisco essentially converts a smartphone camera into a…
A new therapy for influenza virus infections that may also prove effective against many other pathogenic virus infections, including HIV and COVID-19, has been developed…