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Impact of COVID-19 on sperm quality

Researchers examined the effect of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on sperm quality.

1 Dec 2022

Hyperactivated brain cells following social trauma impair social reward and promote social avoidance

Past social trauma is encoded by a population of stress/threat-responsive brain cells that become hyperactivated during subsequent interaction with non-threatening social targets. As a consequence, previously rewarding social targets are now perceived as social threats, which promotes generalized social avoidance and impaired social reward processing that can contribute to psychiatric disorders, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Brain and Body Research Center at Mount Sinai and published November 30 in Nature.

30 Nov 2022

Research findings may offer a new potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease

A new study links a gene concentrated in the brain's cleanup cells, known as microglia, to the inflammation that has increasingly emerged as a key mechanism contributing to Alzheimer's disease.

30 Nov 2022

Miracles Start in the Lab: The quest to find a vaccine to cure AIDS

To commemorate World AIDS Day, News Medical spoke to Dr. Larry Corey, an internationally renowned expert in virology, immunology, and vaccine development, and the former president and director of Fred Hutch, about his work within the field of HIV/AIDS research and vaccine development.

30 Nov 2022

Innovative trial aims to quickly find effective flu treatments

A new national trial, launched today, aims to use pandemic lessons to help quickly find effective treatments for people hospitalized with severe flu.

28 Nov 2022

Scientists unravel how bats harbor many viruses without developing symptoms

Bats are asymptomatic carriers of a multitude of viruses that are pathogenic to most other mammals. How has their immune system evolved to shield them from these pathogens?

28 Nov 2022

Severe COVID-19 associated with an imbalance in key immune system signaling pathway

Researchers at the University of São Paulo in Brazil have found that severe COVID-19 is associated with an imbalance in an important immune system signaling pathway.

23 Nov 2022

Remdesivir appears to make a big difference in Japanese patients with COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an explosion of clinical research resulting in the development of a variety of vaccines and treatments, although the efficacy of some remains controversial.

22 Nov 2022

Monkeypox viruses can be inactivated by two who-recommended hand disinfectants

People in many countries are contracting monkeypox, even though they have not travelled to any regions where the virus is mainly circulating.

22 Nov 2022

β-cyclodextrin family found to be promising and cost-effective antiviral agents against SARS-CoV-2

Researchers identified β-cyclodextrins (β-CDs) as a safe and cost-effective drug against SARS-CoV-2 with a broad spectrum of activity.

18 Nov 2022

Key Alzheimer’s gene alters the way cholesterol moves around the brain, research finds

A gene recognized as the strongest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) alters the way cholesterol moves around the brain and as we age, this altered movement likely contributes to loss of learning and memory, a team of researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reports.

16 Nov 2022

Researchers identify 35 genes that are highly expressed in patients with long-term Lyme disease

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York have identified 35 genes that are particularly highly expressed in people with long-term Lyme disease.

15 Nov 2022

A novel mRNA-based vaccine candidate against the rabies virus

Scientists have developed a novel mRNA-based vaccine candidate against the rabies virus. The vaccine induces a strong antibody response and exhibits high protective efficacy against lethal rabies infection in mice and dogs. A full report about the vaccine has been published in the Virology Journal.

14 Nov 2022

Blood samples from healthy individuals have pre-existing anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgGs and IVIg may be an effective therapy for severe COVID-19

A new paper introduces evidence of effective alleviation of disease severity using intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg).

14 Nov 2022

Alterations in vaginal microbiota among pregnant women with COVID-19 increase preterm birth risk

A new study conducted by researchers from Koç University İsbank Center for Infectious Diseases (KUISCID) reveals crucial data on the risk of preterm birth caused by the change in vaginal microbiota due to COVID 19.

11 Nov 2022

High-quality reference genome assembly of the Nile rat facilitates diabetes research

Model organisms are essential for biomedical research and have enabled many important scientific discoveries. The ability to sequence the genomes of these models is a powerful tool to study the genetic factors that impact human health.

9 Nov 2022

Specific mutations in the monkeypox virus contribute to its continued infectiousness

Monkeypox has infected more than 77,000 people in more than 100 countries worldwide, and - similar to COVID-19 - mutations have enabled the virus to grow stronger and smarter, evading antiviral drugs and vaccines in its mission to infect more people.

4 Nov 2022

IHV researchers receive $7.5 million to control cancer among people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

Institute of Human Virology researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have received two five-year awards from the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute (NCI) for a total of $7.5 million.

31 Oct 2022

New approach to immunotherapy provokes a robust anti-tumor immune response in preclinical models

A new approach to cancer immunotherapy that uses one type of immune cell to kill another - rather than directly attacking the cancer - provokes a robust anti-tumor immune response that shrinks ovarian, lung, and pancreatic tumors in preclinical disease models, according to researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.

25 Oct 2022

Heart attack death rates took a sharp turn and increased during the pandemic, study shows

New data analysis from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai found that deaths from heart attacks rose significantly during pandemic surges, including the COVID-19 Omicron surges, overall reversing a heart-healthier pre-pandemic trend.

24 Oct 2022

Virology News and Research

Latest Virology News and Research

Impact of COVID-19 on sperm quality

Hyperactivated brain cells following social trauma impair social reward and promote social avoidance

Research findings may offer a new potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease

Miracles Start in the Lab: The quest to find a vaccine to cure AIDS

Innovative trial aims to quickly find effective flu treatments

Scientists unravel how bats harbor many viruses without developing symptoms

Severe COVID-19 associated with an imbalance in key immune system signaling pathway

Remdesivir appears to make a big difference in Japanese patients with COVID-19

Monkeypox viruses can be inactivated by two who-recommended hand disinfectants

β-cyclodextrin family found to be promising and cost-effective antiviral agents against SARS-CoV-2

Key Alzheimer’s gene alters the way cholesterol moves around the brain, research finds

Researchers identify 35 genes that are highly expressed in patients with long-term Lyme disease

A novel mRNA-based vaccine candidate against the rabies virus

Blood samples from healthy individuals have pre-existing anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgGs and IVIg may be an effective therapy for severe COVID-19

Alterations in vaginal microbiota among pregnant women with COVID-19 increase preterm birth risk

High-quality reference genome assembly of the Nile rat facilitates diabetes research

Specific mutations in the monkeypox virus contribute to its continued infectiousness

IHV researchers receive $7.5 million to control cancer among people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

New approach to immunotherapy provokes a robust anti-tumor immune response in preclinical models

Heart attack death rates took a sharp turn and increased during the pandemic, study shows

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