New study will help investigate innate immune responses to viral infections

by rss feed | May 19, 2021 | News Feeds

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) report the formation of human cells containing a green fluorescent protein or GFP (one of the most important proteins in biology and fluorescence imaging) genetically fused with two interferon stimulated...

New “Consensus Document” can help manage wound care

by rss feed | May 19, 2021 | News Feeds

DURING the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacists have increasingly played a key role as being the first point of contact for people with wounds, both chronic and acute. Read Original...

New approach could allow cardiologists to predict future heart attacks in high-risk patients

by rss feed | May 19, 2021 | News Feeds

Analysing the forces at work behind the obstructions that cause heart attacks is crucial for identifying patients at risk of these events, says a study published today in eLife. Read Original...

Scientists provide a new approach to model infectious diseases

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In the midst of a devastating global pandemic of wildlife origin and with future spillovers imminent as humans continue to come into closer contact with wildlife, infectious-disease models that consider the full ecological and anthropological contexts of disease...

SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.420 and B.1.617.1 immune escape variants reported in France

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Researchers discovered the first N440K variant and the new E484Q and L452R Indian variants isolated in France in a recent study. They presented the genetic mutations in the isolated genomes and the phylogenetic tree, including these strains among different SARS-CoV-2...