Measles Enables Your Immune System To Fight Other Diseases, Study Shows

MEDICINE & HEALTH 12.30.2019 09:17 AM

Contrary to popular belief, measles are dangerous and may prevent your immune system from fighting off other viruses.

Newly Discovered Virus Infects Large Numbers of America’s National Bird

10.19.2019 08:26 AM

Bald eagle hepacivirus could be the link to a highly dangerous syndrome that's killing off bald eagles.

You Have Been Using Hand Sanitizer Wrong

09.25.2019 08:55 AM

According to the research, hurriedly rubbing on hand sanitizer will not kill the bacteria in one's hands, disproving advertisements from manufacturers.

Doctor Warns of Monsoon Season Virus

08.10.2019 08:19 AM

Monsoon season has started in several parts of the world and it brings with it several infections that prompted health providers to issue out warnings for public health.

Scientists Discover New Virus-Killing Protein to Destroy Viruses Related to HIV

07.09.2019 19:32 PM

The team found that ZAP no longer inhibit both CpG-enriched HIV and a mouse leukemia virus that has many CpGs

Using New Groundbreaking Human-Mimetic Tools to Combat the World’s Deadliest Infections

06.24.2019 15:54 PM

The study includes a comprehensive review of the models used to study deadly mosquito-borne flaviviruses (MBF) such as dengue fever and the Zika virus, known to cause neurological disease in humans

Scientists are Closer than Ever to a Norovirus Vaccine

06.20.2019 15:45 PM

The most significant discovery of this research is a human antibody that can bind to a highly conserved region of the virus common among different strains of norovirus, potentially neutralizing all GII.4 strains of norovirus that exist in nature

New Insight into Origin of Immunological Memory Possible Through Recent Study

06.03.2019 11:20 AM

Researchers discovered that replication of individual Ly49H-NKs was extremely varied, which correlated with distinct surface expression levels of Ly49H itself

Daily Survival is a Priority Over Viral Suppression for Many HIV+ Women

05.17.2019 13:54 PM

Research indicates that while a majority of the 1,989 HIV+ women they have been studying since 1994 have been able to control their virus, often on and off, challenges such as mental health, unstable housing, and lack of social support constitute ongoing barriers to effective and sustained viral suppression

New Study Uncovers How Some of the World’s Deadliest Viruses Replicate

05.13.2019 14:15 PM

Results of the study identify a new target that may illuminate how to develop a new class of antiviral drugs that target this essential 5' RNA activation

New Strain of Canine Distemper in Wild Animals in New Hampshire and Vermont Discovered

05.06.2019 10:35 AM

This situation could and might already be having an impact on the population of wild mesocarnivores in New Hampshire and New England

Nearly 200,000 Viruses Discovered in Decade-Long Ocean Expedition

05.03.2019 22:16 PM

Find out why discovering 200,000 marine based viruses is so important. (Photo : Foreign and Commonwealth Office) For the past years, a group of scientists was sent to an expedition to carry out a survey on marine life.

200,000 Unique Viruses Found Hidden In The Oceans

04.29.2019 20:52 PM

The deepest parts of the oceans remain a mystery to a lot of people and scientists discovered that there are 200,000 new viruses hidden in the unknowns of the deep.

Dengue Fever Mosquito: The Greatest Danger of Spreading the Zika Virus in Australia

04.23.2019 12:04 PM

The virus is in the reproductive organs of the mosquito The dengue fever mosquito common to the north and central Queensland poses the greatest danger of spreading the Zika virus in Australia, according to the researchers at QUT and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.

A Newly Developed Artificial Chemical Receptor Will Help Viral Transduction for T-Cell Engineering

04.13.2019 14:34 PM

Chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) otherwise known as engineering T cell immunotherapy and T cell receptor T cell (TCR-T) has emerged as a viable therapeutic strategy for treating tumors.

A New Medical Discovery That Uses Gene to Treat a Disorder Without Drugs or Surgery

04.08.2019 20:04 PM

Molecules with the potential of trapping viruses inside a cell In gene therapy, the delivery vehicles used are viruses since they are designed not to damage the cell when they reach there, but not considering how the virus makes their exit from the cell could have consequences.

Crop Parasites Can Be Controlled By New Drug Delivery Methods

06.04.2017 01:56 AM

Researchers at Case Western University have developed a drug-delivery technology that helps tackle crop parasites. The drug is transferred through a plant virus that consists of nanoparticles which reached directly to the roots.

Artificially Designed Virus That Attacks Cancer Tumor Cells, Developed By Scientists

05.31.2017 03:10 AM

Researchers developed artificial viruses that trigger the body's defense system to attack cancer cells.

WHO Reports 3 Confirmed Zika Virus Cases In India; Find Out Details About The Disease Here

05.29.2017 17:06 PM

The Zika virus was reported to reach India with 3 cases already. As it is widely known by some that Zika virus comes from Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, nobody could stop the infection spreading.

Lyme Disease Symptoms, Prevention: Tick Infection Risk Increases Across Ontario

05.20.2017 07:43 AM

Lyme Disease hike was reported to occur in Ontario aside from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

US Swimming Pools Might Get Contaminated By Crypto Parasite That Causes Diarrhea Outbreak, CDC Warns

05.19.2017 12:33 PM

A diarrhea-causing parasite called crypto continues to contaminate swimming pools as CDC warns everybody.