Bulevirtide Alone or With Interferon: Meta-analysis Weighs Hepatitis D Options
A new systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials finds that adding pegylated interferon alfa-2a to bulevirtide deepens HDV ...
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Hantaviruses at a Crossroads: Rodent Reservoirs, Spillover Risk, and the Case for One Health
A comprehensive review in Frontiers in Virology argues that hantaviruses stand at an inflection point as environmental change and global ...
Blood Pressure Drug Diltiazem Blocks Rabies Virus Entry and Saves Infected Mice
Researchers found that rabies virus hijacks the Cav1.2-KCa1.1 ion channel axis to enter cells, and that the FDA-approved calcium channel ...
HIV Drug Ritonavir Found to Degrade Key Cytomegalovirus Protein and Block Viral Replication
Researchers report that the approved HIV protease inhibitor ritonavir binds the HCMV immediate-early protein IE1 and promotes its ubiquitin-proteasome-mediated degradation, ...
Antiviral Drug Favipiravir Blocks Lethal Oropouche Virus Infection in Hamsters
A new PLOS Pathogens study shows that the influenza drug favipiravir completely protects hamsters from lethal Oropouche virus infection, preventing ...
COVID-19 Turned Less Deadly for Lymphoma Patients as the Pandemic Progressed
A Bavarian registry study of 113 lymphoma patients shows that COVID-19 severity and mortality fell dramatically between 2020 and 2022 ...
Plant Compounds Target Host Immune Signaling to Fight Influenza A Virus
A new review in MicrobiologyOpen details how plant-derived phytochemicals modulate TLR, RIG-I, MAPK, and NF-κB signaling to combat influenza A ...
RIPK2 Inhibitor GSK583 Curbss H1N1 Flu Replication and Tames Lung Inflammation in Mouse Study
A new study in Virology Journal shows that the RIPK2 inhibitor GSK583 suppresses H1N1 influenza replication and inflammatory signaling in ...
Epigenetic Silencer Therapy Aims to Switch Off Viral DNA in Chronic Hepatitis B
An investigational epigenetic silencer therapy reported in Nature Biomedical Engineering aims to transcriptionally inactivate hepatitis B viral DNA by locking ...
Why Chronic Hepatitis B Still Defies a Functional Cure: New Review Maps the Immunological Barriers
A new review in Virology Journal explains how cccDNA persistence, viral genome integration and multi-level immune exhaustion keep functional cure ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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