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Showing posts with label Virology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Virology. Show all posts
Monday, February 10, 2025

Influenza A viruses adapt shape in response to environmental pressures

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Colorized transmission electron micrograph of influenza A virus particles, colorized red and gold, isolated from a patient sample and then p...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

UQ team finds relative of deadly Hendra virus in the US

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A northern short-tailed shrew Photo Credit:  RPN Researchers at The University of Queensland have identified the first henipavirus in North ...
Thursday, January 23, 2025

Better prediction of epidemics

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The curve calculated using a “reproduction matrix” (turquoise) reflects the actual infection rate (black) much more accurately than previous...
Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Study explains why some osteoporosis drugs may protect against Covid-19

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Drugs already in-use for other conditions could help in the fight against Covid-19 and its variants Photo Credit: Courtesy of University of ...

NIH-funded study finds cases of ME/CFS increase following SARS-CoV-2

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Photo Credit:  Bruno Aguirre New findings from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Ini...
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Discovery of how COVID-19 virus replicates opens door to new antiviral therapies

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A new study, looking at the replication stage of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, discovered important mechanisms in its replicati...

Discovery could end global amphibian pandemic

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Panamanian golden frog Photo Credit: Brian Gratwicke/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service A fungus devastating frogs and toads on nearly every c...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

New Method Developed to Isolate HIV Particles

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The image shows PNF-coated magnetic microbeads that bind HIV particles to their surface. Image Credit: Torsten John Researchers at Leipzig U...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Researchers a step closer to a cure for HIV

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HIV, the AIDS virus (yellow), infecting a human cell Image Credit:  National Cancer Institute A new study involving University of Bristol re...
Thursday, March 21, 2024

Research offers hope for preventing post-COVID ‘brain fog’ by targeting brain’s blood vessels

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Blood vessel endothelial cells (green) and basement membrane (red) in the brain. Image Credit: Sarah Lutz Among the many confounding symptom...
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Long COVID linked to persistently high levels of inflammatory protein: a potential biomarker and target for treatments

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"We hope that this could help to pave the way to develop therapies and give some patients a firm diagnosis," -Benjamin Krishna Pho...
Thursday, February 15, 2024

Targeting inflammation to tackle long covid

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Illustration Credit:  Gerd Altmann Overactivation of the immune system leading to circulation of inflammatory proteins around the body contr...
Sunday, December 24, 2023

New COVID vaccine induces good antibody response to mutated viral variants

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Photo Credit:  CDC Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Danderyd Hospital have followed recipients of the new updated COVID-19 vaccine a...
Friday, December 15, 2023

Deadly chicken disease: ancient DNA reveals evolution of virulence

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With the increase in poultry farming, Marek's disease virus evolved Photo Credit: Heidi-Ann Fourkiller Using genetic analyses, an intern...
Thursday, December 14, 2023

How the Immune System Fights to Keep Herpes at Bay

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These microscope images show how interferon in the nucleus raises levels of the protective protein IFI16 (stained green) from low background...
Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Temperature increase triggers viral infection

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Illustration of phage virus injecting its DNA into a cell Illustration Credit: Alex Evilevitch and Ting Liu Researchers at Lund University, ...
Monday, November 6, 2023

Success of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in fighting dengue may be underestimated

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Alex Perkins, associate professor of biological science Photo Credit: Courtesy of University of Notre Dame The fight against dengue fever ha...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023

The Unraveling of a Protist Genome Could Unlock the Mystery of Marine Viruses

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Light-microscopy image of clusters of Aurantiochytrium limacinum cells. The marine protist is prevalent in the world’s oceans. Image Credits...
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Pinpointing HIV immune response

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HIV, the AIDS virus (yellow), infecting a human cell Image Credit:  National Cancer Institute New research combining computer modeling and e...
Friday, October 27, 2023

Long COVID most prevalent in the most seriously ill

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline A collaborative study involving researchers from Karolinska Institutet has charted the prevalence of seve...