A potentially revolutionary breakthrough from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reveals how our cells can wrinkle with age, resulting in genes not being expressed properly. And the solution could be a novel cellular anti-wrinkle cream, delivered by custom-built viruses.
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An experimental Ebola vaccine, not yet officially licensed for human use, has been engaged in the newly spreading outbreak after a request from the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to access this potentially life-saving new vaccine.
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A team of researchers at Imperial College London has developed a novel molecule that can block the development of multiple strains of the common cold. Early in vitro tests with human cells are showing exciting results and the team hopes to move soon to animal and human studies soon.
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Fresh air might not be quite as fresh as we think. Viruses and bacteria get swept up into the atmosphere in enormous amounts, and now a new study has quantified that amount, finding that untold billions of microorganisms are raining down across the Earth every day.
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A study has provided new insight into how a virus causes a chronic infection. The previously undiscovered molecular mechanism explains how certain viruses, including HIV, can actively make immune cells less functional, allowing an infection to spread ahead of the body’s immune response
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It’s hard to fight a virus that’s always mutating, but new research out of Georgia State University is closing in on a universal vaccine. The study uses nanoparticles containing proteins that are common to all influenza A viruses.
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Remarkable new research from scientists in the UK has shown how a naturally occurring, and mostly harmless, virus is being recruited into attacking brain cancer and enhancing the tumor-targeting abilities of the body’s own immune system.
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The latest nanoparticle innovation, driven by advanced computer modeling technologies, targets a broad range of devastating viruses and not only binds to them, but destroys them as well.
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Researchers at the University of Michigan have come up with a novel way to fight back against drug-resistance in bacteria and viruses. By pitting pathogens against each other, then using drugs to wipe out the leftovers.
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Scientists at MIT have developed a new way to carry the CRISPR gene-editing tool to the target genes. Normally the system uses harmless viruses, but patients can develop resistance. The new study has used nanoparticles instead, leading to the best success rate for the technique in adult animals.
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