Immune System Protein Cocktail May Cure and Prevent Rotavirus

MEDICINE & HEALTH 10.03.2020 08:10 AM

Rotavirus affects hundreds of thousands of young children all over the world despite available vaccines. A new study reveals that combining two protein groups in the immune system may cure and prevent rotavirus.

SARS-CoV-2 Infection Can Block Pain, Opening up Unexpected New Possibilities for Research Into Pain Relief Medication

09.21.2020 21:53 PM

By studying what causes the excitability of nerve cells to change, we can begin to unravel how chronic pain becomes established. This also allows us to design ways to mute this conversation to blunt or stop chronic pain.

Experts Warn Next Pandemic Could Come Any Moment and Call for Immediate Prevention Efforts From Governments

09.04.2020 08:20 AM

The COVID-19 is not yet done wreaking havoc to the world and yet experts said that new ones are coming that could originate from animals. They urge governments to invest heavily in preventive measures to avoid history from repeating itself.

Humans Have Unique Gut Virus Composition Like A Fingerprint

08.25.2020 00:21 AM

Just as how unique a fingerprint is, a new study has found that all humans have unique viral compositions in their guts. But fret not, as most viral guts do not cause diseases.

[WATCH] Animal Instinct Reveals the Importance of Physical Distancing During a Viral Outbreak

07.27.2020 08:40 AM

Social connections are an essential part of humanity and animals alike. Lobsters, mandrills, and ants alter their behavior when faced with a viral outbreak.

Act Now and Protect the Ecosystem to Prevent Future Outbreak of Viruses, Study Says

07.24.2020 06:00 AM

A recent analysis says that the cost preventing a pandemic in the next decade will just be about 2 percent of the economic damage by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Scientists urged everyone to save the ecosystem and act now to prevent new viral outbreaks.

Cell ‘Membrane on a Chip’ Developed for Screening of Coronavirus Drug Candidates

07.06.2020 04:35 AM

Scientists recreate human cell membranes onto an electronic chip to measure its behavior with external substances such as viruses and antibiotics. Soon, it will be screening drug candidates for coronavirus.

Scientists Create a Mutant Rotavirus in a Virus Assembly Study: Here’s What They Found

06.24.2020 08:39 AM

A reverse genetics system was used to create and study a mutant version of the highly contagious rotavirus. The initial steps of viral assembly gave valuable insight on what may trigger virus multiplication.

Patients Receiving Hepatitis C Positive Liver Transplants Become Cleared of the Virus

06.23.2020 07:11 AM

A new liver allograft trial resulted in patients being cleared of hepatitis C after receiving an infected liver from donors.

Scientists Answer the Question: What if Every Virus Disappeared?

06.18.2020 08:14 AM

Specific viruses help keep planet Earth balanced, such as phages, and can even be used for treatment against harmful pathogens types.

Anti-Hepatitis C Defense System Used to Treat COVID-19, Scientists Say

06.17.2020 08:08 AM

Scientists believe that a genetic analysis of the immune system's defense mechanism against hepatitis C can be used for coronavirus vaccine development.

'Alien' Viruses Could Hitchhike on Astronauts and Spaceships Coming Back From Mars: Expert Calls for NASA to Make Protocols

05.09.2020 04:34 AM

Stanford Professor warns that samples from Mars should be treated as if tey are Ebola virus from space until proven safe to prevent alien virus from contaminating Earth.

Living Beneath The Oceans Are Unsung Heroes That Could Remove up to 98% of Viruses in Few Hours

04.01.2020 01:42 AM

Ocean creatures turned out to be the most effective at reducing viral abundance. Get to know them here.

When the Astronauts Get Sick in Space, What Does NASA Do?

03.15.2020 08:35 AM

Rare but possible, astronauts do get sick too, and they fall ill in space, as well. Indeed, as they float off-earth, these spacemen have suffered from upper respiratory infections or URI, or colds, skin infections and urinary tract infections or UTI,

Japan Confirms First Case of COVID-19 Reinfection

02.27.2020 12:17 PM

Just weeks after recovering, a Japanese woman is tested positive yet again for COVID-19. (Photo : Reuters)A man wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, walks past an advertising billboard of Tokyo Olympics 2020, near the Shinjuku station in Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 2020.

COVID-19 Reinfection Is Possible, Experts Say

02.26.2020 20:57 PM

Reinfection of COVID-19 may hasten fatal heart failure rather than create immunity for a once infected person.

Coronavirus Symptoms: Rapid Spread Results to Rise of Death Toll, Infected Cases

02.25.2020 06:42 AM

An illness that first started in Wuhan City, China since December 2019 has gone from bad to worse. People needs to be aware of the coronavirus symptoms so they can get immediate cure.

Coronavirus Effects: What Happens to the Body of Infected Individuals

02.25.2020 06:28 AM

This is what we know so far on the effects of Covid-19 on your body. (Photo : China Daily via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS)A doctor disinfects a room for medical staff with sanitizing equipment at a community health service center, which has an isolated section to receive patients with mild symptoms caused by the novel coronavirus and suspected patients of the virus, in Qingshan district of Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 10, 2020.

Your Blood Type Might Influence Your Risk of Getting the Stomach Flu

01.25.2020 10:33 AM

The way you react to norovirus exposure might have something to do with the blood type you were born with.

A Mysterious Illness in China Could Come From the Same Virus Family as SARS

01.18.2020 05:58 AM

A new infection is slowly spreading across Asia, and the government officials have issued warning and precautionary measures to the public.

Experts Warn Against Nipah Virus Because It has No Vaccine

01.03.2020 07:20 AM

The deadly Nipah virus is said to have no vaccine and no cure Nipah, a deadly virus that is carried by bats has already caused outbreaks across South East Asia and South Asia and has serious epidemic potential, according to a global health and infectious disease specialist.