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U.S. vaccination effort against COVID-19 needs intensifying, warn researchers

Researchers have warned that the United States has not yet reached the necessary thresholds for achieving population immunity against severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

22 Sep 2021

Ryans make $25 million gift to name and endow the Robert J. Havey, MD, Institute for Global Health

Northwestern University Trustees and alumni Patrick G. Ryan and Shirley W. Ryan have made a $25 million gift to name and endow the Robert J. Havey, MD, Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

22 Sep 2021

Pregnant women who receive COVID-19 vaccine pass high levels of antibodies to their babies

Women who receive the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy pass high levels of antibodies to their babies, a new study finds.

22 Sep 2021

First UK-manufactured lateral flow devices rolled out to universities across England

The first UK-manufactured rapid tests - otherwise known as lateral flow devices or LFDs - are being rolled out to universities across England.

22 Sep 2021

The importance of handwashing in the COVID-19 era: Back to basics

Researchers from the United States have reviewed the different components of formulated soaps and their performance as cleansers and pathogen inactivators, the criticality of the time spent hand washing, the relationships between water temperature and pathogen inactivation.

22 Sep 2021

Pinning down Pin1: Potential COVID-19 therapy

In a recent study scientists have demonstrated that Pin1 is one of the key cellular molecules necessary for SARS-CoV-2 propagation.

22 Sep 2021

The role of nanomaterials during the COVID-19 pandemic

A new review published in Rare Metals has focused on the applications of nanomaterials to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

22 Sep 2021

Hypertonic saline solution shown to inhibit replication of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have shown that a hypertonic saline solution inhibits replication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and have elucidated the biochemical mechanism involved.

22 Sep 2021

Unique tiny Ilamas antibodies could be used for treatment of COVID-19

A unique type of tiny antibody produced by llamas could provide a new frontline treatment against Covid-19 that can be taken by patients as a simple nasal spray.

22 Sep 2021

SARS-CoV-2 genome signature leads to replicative advantage in presence of Remdesivir

A new study indicates that low-level resistance of SARS-CoV-2 to remdesivir is not widespread and dissimilar to other RNA viruses revealing evolutionary predictability of this pandemic virus.

22 Sep 2021

At an overrun ICU, ‘the problem is we are running out of hallways’

Nurses fill the hospital room to turn a patient from his stomach to his back. The ventilator forcing air into him is most effective when he's on his stomach, so he is in that position most hours of the day, sedated and paralyzed by drugs.

22 Sep 2021

SARS-CoV-2 delta variant has higher viral RNA levels and increased infectivity, suggests study

The study found that the delta and epsilon variants exhibited significantly higher infectivity than alpha, with delta containing approximately six times as much infectious virus for the same amount of RNA.

22 Sep 2021

Preventing Wine Adulteration

Gordon Burns is the technical director and co-founder of ETS Laboratories, which runs specialist wine analysis labs based in the Napa Valley in California. The North American wine industry has quite a different story to tell than honey that was discussed in another interview when it comes to authenticity issues.

From Bruker BioSpin - NMR, EPR and Imaging 22 Sep 2021

Research highlights potentially life-saving screening for HR-HPV–driven head and neck cancers

Cancer causing high-risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPV) are responsible for the rising incidence of HR-HPV–driven head and neck cancers (HNC), particularly oropharyngeal cancers (OPC, or throat cancers). Investigators have determined that HR-HPV DNA can be detected in saliva in most patients with HPV-driven OPC at the time of diagnosis. This work highlights a potentially life-saving screening program based on salivary HR-HPV DNA testing for early cancer detection and patient monitoring. Their findings appear in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, published by Elsevier.

22 Sep 2021

Study findings could lead to novel ways to overcome tumor resistance to immunotherapies

Cancer-fighting immune cells in patients with lung cancer whose tumors do not respond to immunotherapies appear to be running on a different "program" that makes them less effective than immune cells in patients whose cancers respond to these immune treatments, suggests a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.

22 Sep 2021

Virus News and Research

Latest Virus News and Research

U.S. vaccination effort against COVID-19 needs intensifying, warn researchers

Ryans make $25 million gift to name and endow the Robert J. Havey, MD, Institute for Global Health

Pregnant women who receive COVID-19 vaccine pass high levels of antibodies to their babies

First UK-manufactured lateral flow devices rolled out to universities across England

The importance of handwashing in the COVID-19 era: Back to basics

Pinning down Pin1: Potential COVID-19 therapy

The role of nanomaterials during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hypertonic saline solution shown to inhibit replication of SARS-CoV-2

Unique tiny Ilamas antibodies could be used for treatment of COVID-19

SARS-CoV-2 genome signature leads to replicative advantage in presence of Remdesivir

At an overrun ICU, ‘the problem is we are running out of hallways’

SARS-CoV-2 delta variant has higher viral RNA levels and increased infectivity, suggests study

Preventing Wine Adulteration

Research highlights potentially life-saving screening for HR-HPV–driven head and neck cancers

Study findings could lead to novel ways to overcome tumor resistance to immunotherapies

COVID-19 deaths in U.S. surpass 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic

Those undergoing treatment for hematological malignancies show reduced immune response to COVID-19 vaccines

Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on human sexual behaviors

Implications of dosing sparing and booster shots in the context of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection

Detecting early outcomes in COVID-19 patients

A new way of characterising biomolecules eBook

Innovating for impact: Jordi Labs on aligning methodologies with FDA expectation

Exploring the role of confocal-based high-content imaging in advancing core facilities

Transforming Cardiovascular Care: Insights from Mina Makar at AstraZeneca

Virus News and Research

Latest Virus News and Research

A new way of characterising biomolecules eBook

Innovating for impact: Jordi Labs on aligning methodologies with FDA expectation

Exploring the role of confocal-based high-content imaging in advancing core facilities

Transforming Cardiovascular Care: Insights from Mina Makar at AstraZeneca

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