Credit: American Chemical Society Studying viral outbreaks in single cells could reveal new ways to defeat them. Many viruses, including HIV and influenza A, mutate…
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This image depicts viral infection of an Emiliania huxleyi cell superimposed on a satellite image of an E. huxleyi bloom in the Barents Sea. Credit:…
An artists’ conception of how small synthetic proteins, built from scratch from computer designs, can have an antiviral effect by binding with Spike proteins on…
DNA exchange between ancient giant viruses and ancient biological cells might have been the key to the evolution of nuclei in eukaryotic cells. Credit: Tokyo…
Early interventions were effective at stamping out coronavirus infections, but subsequent, poorly monitored travel allowed the virus to ignite major outbreaks in Europe and North…
Houston Methodist became the first academic medical center in the nation to infuse critically ill COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma donated from recovered patients, which…
Enteroviruses and other pathogenic viruses that make their way into surface waters can be inactivated by heat, sunshine and other microbes, thereby reducing their ability…
Illinois researchers developed a microfluidic cartridge for a 30-minute COVID-19 test. The cartridges are 3D-printed and could be manufactured quickly. Credit: Photo courtesy of Bill…
The role of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology in the detection of SARS-CoV-2. Credit: Masaaki Kitajima/Biorender A group of scientists have detected genetic material from SARS-CoV-2 in untreated…
As the flu season approaches, a strained public health system may have a surprising ally — the common cold virus. Rhinovirus, the most frequent cause…
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a small neutralizing antibody, a so-called nanobody, that has the capacity to block SARS-CoV-2 from entering human…
“Hotspots” of Coronavirus Infections in Human Bodies An infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can affect multiple organs. With this in mind, researchers of the German…
Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick,…
An interaction map of the main disease activators for SARS-CoV-2 in the lungs and how they impact proteins in other organs. Credit: Ernesto Estrada COVID-19…
The prototype device non-invasively detects COVID-19 in the exhaled breath of infected patients, similar to a breathalyzer test for alcohol intoxication. Few people who have…
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) ineffective as a preventive antiviral against COVID-19. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have added to the growing body of understanding about how…
Color map showing the amount of time a free-falling 100-micron droplet at an initial height of 1.6 meters is affected by temperature and humidity. For…
Influenza viruses can spread through the air on dust, fibers, and other microscopic particles, according to new research from the University of California, Davis and…
Two essential enzymes coordinate to read and copy SARS-CoV-2 genetic material (shown as blue spheres). Credit: Rockefeller University Exactly how viruses replicate is a complex…
An immunomodulatory drug called fingolimod, which is approved for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, blocks human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and transmission in human immune…