Antibody escape in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike protein
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers examined antibody escape and cross-domain stabilization in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2...
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Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants
A recent article published in Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine has demonstrated the evolutionary process and biology of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),...
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Investigating the impact of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike mutations
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigated the impact of amino acid (AA) substitutions of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2...
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CAR TCell Therapy: The Future of Cancer and HIV Treatment?
In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Professor Jun Huang about CAR T-cell therapy and its future as a potential treatment for cancer or HIV. Please...
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Researchers reveal possible way to treat newborns with rare genetic lung condition
When babies are born with alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (ACDMPV), their skin starts to turn blue from the under-oxygenated blood in...
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Researchers investigate Zika virus and Dengue virus co-immunity
Zika virus has gained increased media attention over the last decade. Although it is mostly found in South and Mid-America, cases have also been found...
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New, longest documented case of persistent acute SARS-CoV-2 infection
In a recent study published on the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers describe a 16-month-old case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in...
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Mutation-acquiring potential of coronaviruses and efficacies of current COVID-19 vaccines against parent and mutant strains of SARS-CoV-2
In a recent study published in Reviews in Medical Virology, researchers reviewed the antibody resistance exhibited by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants. Study:...
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New data-driven mechanistic approach can help reduce drug costs and treat diseases
A new data-driven mechanistic approach that predicts cell types within tissue will help to reduce drug costs and treat diseases that were difficult to develop...
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Study explores role of APOBEC-mediated RNA editing in SARS-CoV-2 fitness
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an enveloped coronavirus with a single-stranded RNA genome. The SARS-CoV-2 exhibits moderate genetic variability, owing to...
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Zika virus can mutate to become more infective and dangerous, finds study
Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have found that Zika virus can mutate to become more infective-;and potentially break through pre-existing immunity. “The...
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Epigenetics likely to be the reason why lung cancer patients develop treatment resistance
Doctors typically treat people with nonsmall cell lung cancer, a prevalent and typically incurable type of cancer that makes up 80%-85% of lung cancers, with...