A new test that ‘fishes’ for multiple respiratory viruses at once using single strands of DNA as ‘bait’, and gives highly accurate results in under an hour, has been developed by Cambridge researchers. The test uses DNA...
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 –...
Stanford researchers develop a test that needs to read only 18 genes to determine if a virus or bacteria is causing an infection, and if you need an antibiotic. There are a lot of reasons you don’t need to take...
A new test that detects virtually any virus that infects people and animals has been developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, according to results published in the journal...
World Health Organization (WHO) and Guinean government officials have launched the first trial of an Ebola vaccine in Basse-Guinee, a community affected by the virus during the past year. VSV-EBOV, a leading Ebola...