Marburg Vaccine Breakthrough: First Human Study Shows Promising Results
An experimental vaccine against the Marburg virus (MARV) was shown to be safe and induced an immune response in a small, first-in-human clinical trial, according…
An experimental vaccine against the Marburg virus (MARV) was shown to be safe and induced an immune response in a small, first-in-human clinical trial, according…
Measles Virus “Cooperates” With Itself To Cause Fatal Encephalitis Scientists discover a new mechanism for how the measles virus can cause a rare but fatal…
An enzyme that defends human cells against viruses can help drive cancer evolution towards greater malignancy by causing myriad mutations in cancer cells, according to…
Study first to investigate and demonstrate the effects of ‘virovory’ Over a single day, in the placid waters of a single pond, a million virus…
CU Anschutz researchers suspect it disrupts the olfactory tract, impacting the hippocampus which controls memory and learning. Viruses can inflame and disrupt connections between the…
An analysis of tissue samples from the autopsies of 44 people who died with COVID-19 shows that SAR-CoV-2 virus spread throughout the body—including into the…
University of Ottawa-led team found a new viral entry for SARS-CoV-2 and suggests it may be able to use proteins to infect a wider range…
Investigational drug works differently than antibody drugs which are losing effectiveness against the COVID-19 virus. Scientists have developed a drug that potently neutralizes SARS-CoV-2, the…
According to a study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases conducted by researchers from the Karolinska Institute in collaboration with Octapharma, people with blood…
A newly discovered immune response inside the nose is suppressed by colder temperatures, offering evidence for why upper respiratory infections such as colds, flu, and…
Bat Virus Receptor Studies Vital To Predict Spillover Risk The latest research unexpectedly shows two close bat virus relatives of the human respiratory virus MERS-CoV…
Scientists show how monkeypox mutations cause the virus to replicate and spread faster. Already the 2022 Monkeypox outbreak has infected more than 28,000 people in…
New Research Finds That Viruses May Have “Eyes and Ears” on Us The newly-found, widespread ability of some viruses to monitor their environment could have…
New research may have solved a mystery surrounding Crohn’s disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease where immune defenses meant to attack invading microbes mistakenly…
Evoking parallels to HIV, authors are calling on global health community to be vigilant. According to new research, an obscure family of viruses, already endemic…
A new analysis finds that deadly Lassa fever could soon become a much bigger public health problem in Africa due to climate change and other…
Viruses may be ‘watching’ you – some microbes lie in wait until their hosts unintentionally give them the signal to start multiplying and kill them….
Disease spillover risk was poorly communicated and oversimplified during COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has been the first pandemic that has taken place alongside the interconnectivity of…