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Infectious Disease & Vaccines
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Bioengineers used a modular, step-by-step chemical technique to create algae that carry antibiotic payloads.
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Researchers defined the structure of key Nipah virus proteins to develop vaccines and treatments for this deadly virus.
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A team of global scientists found an antibody-based therapeutic that they hope will stop the next rodent-borne hantavirus outbreak in its tracks.
A fully synthetic transfection formulation mimics natural viral mechanisms for enhanced DNA delivery and viral vector production.
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Small molecule drugs that trigger the death of cells storing latent viruses are a promising approach for treating HIV. Researchers identified a potent compound in a marine sponge — a more likely source than it may seem.
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Scientists use metagenomics to explore the viral community inhabiting the human body.
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A new understanding of one enzyme’s role in assembling a key macromolecule in the bacterial cell wall takes a step toward overcoming antibiotic resistance.
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CAR T cell therapies use engineered T cells to fight cancer, but they can sometimes cause neurotoxic side effects. Herpes virus reactivation in donor CAR T cells may be to blame.
Monkeypox virus is a close relative of the smallpox virus and the latest zoonotic pathogen to infect human beings.
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Cases of monkeypox are popping up across the globe. But where did it come from? How does it work? And how can we treat it? It took looking all the way back to the beginning — 1500 BCE to be exact — to answer these pressing questions.
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New research on vaccines that cover multiple influenza viruses arrives frequently, but biological, evolutionary, and communications challenges remain.
