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Chinese scientists race to develop vaccine as coronavirus death toll jumps

The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that researchers had isolated viruses and were selecting a strain, according to Xu Wenbo, a director of CDC’s virus institute. Xu told reporters at a...

27 January, 2020

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Norovirus burden may decrease with pediatric vaccinations

Childhood vaccination for norovirus may reduce the community burden of norovirus outbreaks, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Norovirus is the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in the...

31 December, 2019

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Novel protein discovery yields viral infection insights

Researchers at the University of Zurich have discovered a protein that enables adenoviruses to infect human cells. The Mib1 protein gives the virus the signal to uncoat the DNA and release it into the nucleus. Blocking...

20 December, 2019

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Quantum dot technology invisibly records vaccination history on skin

A research team has created a microneedle platform using fluorescent quantum dots that can deliver vaccines and invisibly encode vaccination history in the skin. The dots, which can be detected in infrared with...

19 December, 2019

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UGA study: Virtual Reality (VR) could boost flu vaccination rates

Using a virtual reality simulation to show how flu spreads and its impact on others could be a way to encourage more people to get a flu vaccination. That was the conclusion of a study conducted by researchers at the...

13 December, 2019

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How a cellular shuttle helps HIV-1 spread in immune organs

New insight on how a type of cell facilitates the spread of HIV-1 has been published in the open-access journal eLife. The findings in mice suggest that subcapsular sinus macrophages, the first layer of cells in the...

4 December, 2019

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Bacteria used to control the mosquito-borne virus dengue in the wild

Scientists have reported an effective and environmentally sustainable way to block the transmission of mosquito-borne dengue virus, in trials carried out in Malaysia. Using a strain of the bacteria Wolbachia, which...

4 December, 2019

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Structurally designed ‘DNA star’ creates ultrasensitive test for dengue virus

By folding snippets of DNA into the shape of a five-pointed star using structural DNA nanotechnology, researchers have created a trap that captures dengue virus as it floats in the bloodstream. Once sprung, the trap –...

27 November, 2019

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How dormant herpes springs back to life

A herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection lasts for life. No vaccination can prevent it, and no treatment can fully eradicate it. The problem for doctors is that, most of the time, herpes lies dormant in nerve cells and...

25 November, 2019

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Experimental HIV vaccine successfully elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies to the virus

An experimental HIV vaccine developed by scientists at Scripps Research and the nonprofit vaccine research organization IAVI has reached an important milestone by eliciting antibodies that can neutralize a wide variety...

21 November, 2019

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