Virology

A new method to produce vaccines that have a longer shelf-life, are cheaper and can be stored without the need for cooling is being presented in the open access journal BMC Biotechnology. Vaccines currently need to be refrigerated…

Credit: George Mason University George Mason University's Aarthi Narayanan, Associate Professor, College of Science and the National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Disease, and Remi Veneziano, Assistant Professor,…

Scientists from the University of Surrey and University of Geneva have discovered that the bacterium which causes bovine TB can survive and grow in small, single-celled organisms found in soil and dung. It is believed that originally the…

Researchers develop the first mosquitoes synthetically designed to neutralize many types of the widespread infectious diseaseCredit: UC San Diego An international team of scientists has synthetically engineered mosquitoes that halt the…

A joint press release by Charité and the DZIFCredit: Photo: Dr. Fred Murphy & Sylvia Whitfield/CDC Researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have developed a new…

Working independently, two different UC San Diego research teams identified the same molecule -- αvβ5 integrin -- using brain organoids, tumor organoids and mouse modelsCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Zika virus infection can…

First test of cross-species transmission suggests potential for human susceptibility COLUMBUS, Ohio - The first animal study of a pig virus' potential to jump to another species shows that the virus, once introduced to a select group of…

Credit: Kate Grabowski Areas of high HIV prevalence, known as 'hotspots', do not necessarily fuel the epidemic in the wider population, say researchers. Hotspots are often targeted for intense HIV control interventions, including…

Compounds in the foods we eat can trigger phage productionCredit: SDSU Researchers at San Diego State University have found a new way to harness food as medicine, which has far reaching implications to control harmful microbes in our gut…

PHILADELPHIA - Integral Molecular, the leader in discovering antibodies against multipass membrane proteins, announces lead monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against P2X7, a structurally complex ion channel that is the target for autoimmune…