Large scale vaccination campaigns against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been implemented in several countries around […]
Antibodies block specific viruses that cause arthritis, brain infections
Alphaviruses — mosquito-borne viruses that can trigger brain infections and arthritis — may have met their match. Researchers at Washington […]
Study finds only 15% of rural health care workers have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
Antibody testing of health care workers in three rural counties in eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota showed only 15% […]
Could the activation of FcγRIII/CD16 by anti-spike SARS-CoV-2 antibodies independently determine COVID-19 severity?
A team of scientists from Germany recently investigated whether hyperactivation of immune receptors that recognize the Fc part of an […]
The Role of Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery
insights from industryMark BumillerTechnology Manager Entegris In this interview, Mark Bumiller, Technology Manager at Entegris talks to News Medical Life […]
Shark vNAR antibodies inhibit SARS-CoV-2 variants in vitro
Researchers in the UK and Austria have identified a novel class of antibodies that is highly effective at neutralizing the […]
Study shows pertussis is still common among middle-aged adults in European countries
Although vaccination programs against pertussis are very effective in Europe, new Finnish study shows that the disease is still very […]
Tokyo sees rapid rise of SARS-CoV-2 R.1 lineage
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has repeatedly evaded […]
SARS-CoV-2: New findings on the persistence of neutralizing antibodies
It is an open question to what extent protection against reinfection persists after overcoming a SARS-CoV-2 infection. The “Rhineland Study”, […]
South Africa SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.351 easily escapes Sputnik vaccine
The current pandemic of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), […]