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Co-inventor of mRNA shots sets sights on pan-coronavirus vaccine

Drew Weissman’s decades of research helped pave the way for mRNA Covid-19 vaccines, but the scientist isn’t resting on his laurels. The University of Pennsylvania immunologist, who on Thursday shared the $3...

13 September, 2021

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Virus trap made from DNA material could render coronaviruses harmless

The corona pandemic and the SARS-CoV-2 virus are just two examples of the fact that in most cases there is no antidote to viral infections. And even vaccinations do not always provide complete protection. Unlike...

21 July, 2021

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Mixing COVID-19 vaccines appears to boost immune responses

Faced with short supplies of COVID-19 vaccines and unforeseen side effects, some countries have adopted an unproven strategy: switching shots midstream. Most authorized vaccines require two doses administered weeks or...

10 June, 2021

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HIV vaccine candidate’s mechanism revealed 20 years later

About two decades after first devising a new kind of vaccine, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) researchers are unlocking why it stops and ultimately clears the monkey form of HIV, called SIV, in about half...

26 April, 2021

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Adenovirus type 4 infections tripled among civilians in last decade

Adenovirus type 4 infections among civilians have tripled in the last decade worldwide, according to study results published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Kristen K. Coleman, PhD, senior research fellow at Duke-NUS...

20 April, 2021

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140,000 virus species found in the human gut

Viruses are the most numerous biological entities on the planet. Now researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have identified over 140,000 viral species...

19 February, 2021

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Study finds specific proteins inhibit or enhance virus that causes COVID-19

A new study in human and mouse cell lines shows that specific proteins that have long been studied as inhibitors of influenza can also inhibit SARS-CoV-2, the type of coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Findings of the...

18 December, 2020

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Why mRNA vaccines won’t change your genetic material

Of all the Covid-19 vaccine candidates making their way through the regulatory pipeline, the two from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna are some of the most exciting. In addition to having reported efficacies of 90% of more...

11 December, 2020

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Researchers determine how the SARS-CoV-2 virus hijacks and rapidly causes damage to human lung cells

In a multi-group collaborative involving the National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratories (NEIDL), the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), and the Center for Network Systems Biology (CNSB), scientists have...

5 December, 2020

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What have vaccines done for us?

As the world awaits the imminent arrival of one — or several — COVID-19 vaccines, many people may wonder how important vaccines actually are to safeguarding public health. In this feature, we answer that question by...

2 December, 2020

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