All COVID-19 articles – Page 20
-
NewsVersatile vaccine candidate fights measles, mumps and Covid
Altered measles and mumps viruses could be used as a platform to create a trivalent COVID-19 vaccine that triggers immunity to multiple variant strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, new research in animals suggests. The study builds upon previous studies that involved inserting a highly stable segment of ...
-
NewsNobel Prize goes to researchers whose discoveries paved way for mRNA vaccines
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
-
NewsCovid-linked sepsis more common and deadly than previously thought
New research suggests that the virus responsible for COVID-19 was a more common and deadly cause of sepsis during the initial period of the pandemic than previously assumed.
-
NewsNew coronavirus-capturing material could transform the face mask
Researchers have developed a new material that captures coronavirus particles and could transform the efficiency of face masks.
-
NewsContagious omicron strain replicates early in infection
New research used engineered mice to compare SARS-COV-2 omicron subvariants and found one of them – BA.5 – was more virulent likely due to its ability to rapidly replicate early during infection.
-
NewsNew vaccine technology could protect from future viruses and variants
Studies of a ‘future-proof’ vaccine candidate have shown that just one antigen can be modified to provide a broadly protective immune response in animals.
-
NewsAntiviral drug linked to SARS-CoV-2 mutations
Researchers have uncovered a link between an antiviral drug for COVID-19 infections called molnupiravir and a pattern of mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
-
NewsCOVID-19 could hold key to spotting viruses with pandemic potential
Certain SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern are evolving to do a better job of shutting down human innate immune responses, according to new research.
-
CareersIgnoring the rise of anti-science could usher back once-deadly diseases
As a wave of anti-science sentiment sweeps the globe, scientists need to speak up, says paediatric vaccine scientist Dr Peter Hotez in an interview with The Microbiologist as he launches his new book.
-
NewsScientists developing field test to detect Covid virus in dozens of host species
Purdue University has received $2.7 million in federal funding to develop a field test that can measure and predict the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in a wide range of wildlife and farm animals.
-
OpinionHas a viral contribution to Alzheimer’s disease been in front of our noses this whole time?
The concept that a viral infection may induce pathology in regions far from its active location is gaining traction. Could this phenomenon also be at play in Alzheimer’s disease?
-
NewsMilestone in the fight against pandemics
Researchers at TU Dresden create pioneering approaches for the detection of viral antigens.
-
NewsNew SARS-CoV-2 variant Eris on the rise
The EG.5 lineage of SARS-CoV-2, known as Eris, which has been spreading globally, has been found to be able to escape neutralizing antibodies better than other currently circulating SARS-CoV-2 lineages.
-
NewsScientists uncover COVID’s weakness - the need for human cells
New UC Riverside research has revealed COVID’s Achilles heel — its dependence on key human proteins for its replication — which can be used to prevent the virus from making people sick.
-
NewsMore people develop sepsis than we thought — but more survive
The observed increase in cases is largely due to more people developing sepsis repeatedly, rather than dying the first time they contract it, a new study reveals.
-
NewsRapid acting oral vaccines are on the way
Researchers studying SARS-CoV-2 may have developed new methods to administer vaccines orally, which would be both easier to administer and more effective at combatting illnesses.
-
CareersNew research IDs 28 genetic regions linked to susceptibility and severity of COVID-19
A study identifies 51 significant genome-wide loci associated with both COVID-19 severity and SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility, providing valuable information about the disease.
-
NewsCovid pandemic may have changed gut bacteria of infants
Infants who spent most of their first year in the pandemic have fewer types of bacteria in their gut than infants born earlier, according to a team of developmental psychology researchers.
-
NewsMap the coronavirus spike protein for insight into vaccine development
A new study has found that the fusion peptide in the spike protein plays a more invasive role in fusing the virus to the cell than previously thought, which is significant in understanding how infection occurs.
-
NewsStudy helps explain SARS-CoV-2 variants’ rapid spread
Omicron variants, which circulated quickly around the globe, bind to cells more avidly and evade antibodies more efficiently than earlier variants, new research reveals.