June 23, 2022 — New research in mice has paved the way for a Phase I clinical trial and has the potential to transform vaccines against HIV and ...
June 14, 2022 — Researchers investigated the arrival and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Finland in 2020. According to the analysis, a total of 42 independent virus lineages arrived in Finland in spring 2020, of which only ...
June 10, 2022 — Researchers have known for some time that maternal breast milk provides critical nutrients for newborns, and antibodies from mothers vaccinated against a specific disease-causing bacterium or virus ...
June 7, 2022 — New insights into how some bacteria survive antibiotics could lead to the development of novel treatment ...
June 7, 2022 — A new study finds that people with HIV have a higher rate of breakthrough COVID-19 infections after vaccination, compared to people without ...
June 6, 2022 — In order to quickly detect the presence of the influenza A virus, researchers developed a fluorogenic probe that could bind to the promoter region. A fluorogenic probe uses tiny molecules called ...
June 3, 2022 — Researchers have identified a new coronavirus. Their study of approximately 260 bank voles shows that the virus is well established in Sweden's red-backed ...
June 3, 2022 — Certain antibodies isolated from people who had recovered from COVID-19 and were vaccinated have the ability to neutralize a variety of ...
June 2, 2022 — An investigation into the evolution of Salmonella bacteria infecting Brazilian poultry shows that the introduction of a Salmonella vaccine, combined with increasing antibiotic usage by Brazilian ...
June 2, 2022 — Medical researchers have found that Fecal Microbiota Transplantation, or FMT, is an optimal cost-effective treatment for first recurrent Clostridioides difficile ...
June 1, 2022 — Researchers have developed a new highly sensitive blood test for tuberculosis (TB) that screens for DNA fragments of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria that causes the deadly ...
June 1, 2022 — Researchers have found a way to block one strain of the influenza virus from accessing a human protein it needs to replicate in cells. The discovery could lead to highly effective ways to treat the ...
June 1, 2022 — Individuals with HIV who began taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the early stages of infection achieved a lengthy period of HIV suppression without ART after receiving two broadly neutralizing ...
May 31, 2022 — According to a new study, a new class of antibiotics is highly effective against drug-resistant tuberculosis. If validated in clinical trials, the new drug class would represent a major advance in ...
May 31, 2022 — Researchers created a model to connect what biologists have learned about COVID-19 superspreading with how such events have occurred in the real world. They used occupancy data to test several ...
May 26, 2022 — DNA molecules called plasmids -- some of which protect bacteria from antibiotics -- can spread rapidly through bacterial 'communities' that are treated with antibiotics, new research ...
May 26, 2022 — Children who were prescribed antibiotics inappropriately were more likely to develop complications such as diarrhea and skin rashes than children who were treated according to medical guidelines, ...
May 25, 2022 — Our brains lose the ability to link related memories as we age. Scientists genetically restored this brain function in middle-aged mice and identified an FDA-approved drug that achieves the same ...
May 25, 2022 — Treatment of severe infections caused by pathogenic bacteria relies on 'last resort' antibiotics, but rising resistance by 'superbugs' to most clinically approved drugs leaves ...
May 19, 2022 — New research suggests high levels of dietary cholesterol make mice sicker when infected with influenza. This study links cholesterol in the diet with exacerbation of a viral ...