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What drugs can be repurposed for monkeypox therapy?

In new research, researchers repurposed medications for the monkeypox virus in silico.

16 Aug 2022

Computational pipeline for the early identification of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers developed a computational pipeline for the early identification of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest by analyzing SARS-CoV-2 genome data and allocating risk scores on the basis of functional and epidemiological parameters.

16 Aug 2022

Rapid and efficient strategy for the development and design of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing humanized nanobody constructs

Researchers developed humanized nanobodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2.

16 Aug 2022

A non-covalent inhibitor of 3C-like protease effectively inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication

Researchers assessed highly potent non-covalent inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro.

16 Aug 2022

Contact tracing programs effectively mitigate local COVID-19 risks if accelerated, study says

Contact tracing programs were deployed around the globe to slow the spread of COVID-19, but these programs could not prevent the multiple waves of transmission and loss of life that have occurred since March 2020. In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin found that a five-day delay between identifying a case and isolating contacts was the Achilles' heel of a contact tracing program in a large U.S. city.

16 Aug 2022

Study determines the impact of withholding nitrous oxide for labor analgesia

Birthing women denied nitrous oxide ('laughing gas') to relieve labor pain during the COVID-19 pandemic have turned to opioids instead, without any adverse outcomes for mother or child, according to a new study by Australian clinicians.

16 Aug 2022

Next generation mRNA vaccines exhibit excellent protective and therapeutic effects

Researchers around the world have been working for years on developing vaccines against different types of cancer, but without much success. Now, Tufts School of Engineering researchers think they have found one that does work. They have devised a method of targeting cancer in mice with a vaccine that is so strong and precise, it eliminates tumors and even prevents their recurrence.

16 Aug 2022

Monkeypox can persist in household environments, according to CDC study

Researchers assess the viability and viral load of MPXV on household objects and surfaces.

15 Aug 2022

Lung transplantation at Cedars-Sinai has outstanding success rates

A new report on lung transplantation success rates confirms that Cedars-Sinai patients experienced one-year survival outcomes of 91.49%, an achievement above the national average of 89.46%.

15 Aug 2022

Researchers engineer artificial replicas of G protein-coupled receptors

How do signals from outside the cell cause a response inside it? Such outside signals could be hormones or neurotransmitters. To notice them, the cell's surface possesses receptors. One of the key classes of such receptors are so-called G protein-coupled receptors, or in short GPCRs.

15 Aug 2022

Scientists explore nanomolar inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 infection via unmodified peptide targeting spike protein pre-hairpin intermediate

In a new study, scientists identified an unmodified peptide addressing pre-hairpin spike (S) protein intermediate inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 infection.

15 Aug 2022

Single-dose therapeutic interfering particle lowers SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis and shedding among hamsters

Researchers reported that a single-dose therapeutic interfering particle (TIP) lowers SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis and shedding among hamsters.

15 Aug 2022

MHRA approves first bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine

An updated version of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna that targets two coronavirus variants (known as a "bivalent" vaccine) has today been approved for adult booster doses by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) after it was found to meet the UK regulator's standards of safety, quality and effectiveness.

15 Aug 2022