All Imperial College London articles – Page 2
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NewsStudy reveals how the chikungunya virus deploys multiple organ attack and leads to death
An international team including virologists, physicians, epidemiologists, clinicians, physicists and statisticians has discovered new mechanisms related to central nervous system infection in fatal cases of the infection
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NewsNew molecular toolkit boosts useful molecule production from yeast communities
A new molcular toolkit consists of 15 different yeast strains that over-produce key cellular building blocks – amino acids and nucleotides – but lack the ability to make other building blocks.
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NewsPatients can pause immune-suppressing medicines for COVID-19 booster vaccine
A major clinical trial shows that people with inflammatory conditions are able to improve the antibody response from a COVID-19 booster vaccination by interrupting their treatment for two weeks immediately after having the vaccine.
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NewsGenomic surveillance needed to help fight antimicrobial resistance
An international group of researchers is calling for the potential of genomic surveillance to be harnessed to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a major global challenge.
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NewsScientists take major step towards completing the world’s first synthetic yeast
Scientists have completed construction of a synthetic chromosome as part of a major international project to build the world’s first synthetic yeast genome.
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NewsResearch partnerships to improve access to vaccines in low and middle-income countries
Four new research hubs that will address challenges of vaccine manufacturing and delivery in developing countries have been announced.
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NewsNew UK projects to kickstart future vaccine development awarded £25m
Three UK projects designed to build our understanding of viruses and how the immune system reacts to different challenges will share £25m in new funding from UKRI.
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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.
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NewsAntibiotics promote the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the gut
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria get extra nutrients and thrive when the drugs kill ‘good’ bacteria in the gut, a new study reveals.
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NewsBlood test could spot cause of childhood fever from molecular signatures
A simple blood test which may be able to rapidly diagnose the cause of a child’s illness could be ‘transformative’, say researchers.
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NewsParasites of viruses drive superbug evolution
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which bacteria share their genetic material through virus parasites.
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NewsKey gene for resistance to HIV replication found in people of African ancestry
Scientists have identified a novel region in the genome that is only variable in populations of African ancestries and provided evidence that the gene CHD1L acts to limit HIV replication in a subset of white blood cells.
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NewsMonitoring bats can help ID coronaviruses with pathogen potential
Researchers who found novel coronaviruses in UK bats say genetic surveys of the viruses should be regularly conducted, even if none of those viruses can infect humans yet.
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NewsMapping evolution of E. coli virulence factor offers refined drug target
Researchers have presented evidence that targeting the K1 capsule can be used as the basis of treatment, paving the way to prevent serious E. coli infections.
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NewsBacteria’s antibiotic-evading super polymers do best in harsh conditions of the gut
New research has shown that gut bacteria’s extracellular appendages known as F-pili are stronger in the turbulent conditions of the gut, helping the bacteria transfer resistance genes to each other more efficiently and to clump into ‘biofilms’ – protective bacterial consortia – that help them fend off antibiotics.
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NewsSpread of COVID-19 in households linked to virus on hands and surfaces, say researchers
A new Imperial College London-led study provides the first empirical evidence for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via people’s hands and frequently touched household surfaces.
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NewsMicrobes that co-operate contribute more carbon emissions
Communities of microbes that work together release more carbon dioxide than competitive communities, contributing more to climate change, a new study reveals.
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NewsBright orange lichens use their pigments as a ‘sunscreen’ while avoiding toxic effects
Fungi in orange lichens can avoid the toxic effects of bright pigments, allowing them to handle high UV loads.
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NewsResearchers uncover how new class of antimalarial compounds can target parasite
Researchers at Imperial College London, UK, have discovered how a new class of antimalarial compounds can target and kill the malaria parasite in a unique way.
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