Infectious Disease & VaccinesMar 17, 2023|2 min readBy Stephanie DeMarco, PhDA conference and a COVID-19 close callAs scientific conferences return to in person programming, we still need COVID-19 precautions.
Feb 23, 2023|1 min readLessons from Zoonotic VirusesWhat do zoonotic spillover events reveal about virus-host biology and how do scientists use these lessons to inform future mitigation strategies?
Infectious Disease & VaccinesDec 13, 2022|3 min readBy Lauren DrakeMapping Nipah viral architecture to prevent a new pandemicResearchers defined the structure of key Nipah virus proteins to develop vaccines and treatments for this deadly virus.
Infectious Disease & VaccinesDec 06, 2022|4 min readBy Sally HamryScientists reel in a new antibody for untreatable hantavirusesA team of global scientists found an antibody-based therapeutic that they hope will stop the next rodent-borne hantavirus outbreak in its tracks.
Nov 21, 2022|1 min readIlluminating the Human ViromeScientists use metagenomics to explore the viral community inhabiting the human body.
Infectious Disease & VaccinesAug 21, 2022|2 min readBy Natalya Ortolano, PhDGenetic discrimination and SnapchatWhat do 23andMe and Snapchat have in common? They both collect very personal information about their users. Do the benefits outweigh the risks?
Rare & Genetic DiseasesMay 04, 2022|3 min readBy Aparna Nathan, PhDA custom CRISPR solutionEngineered particles improve the efficiency of base editor delivery.
Research Product HighlightsMar 17, 2022|1 min readBy EppendorfUltra-fast Spinning for Precise SeparationUltracentrifuges enable researchers to distinguish tiny differences between small particles.
Infectious Disease & VaccinesFeb 11, 2022|5 min readBy Natalya Ortolano, PhDBiometric data from smartwatches might predict COVID-19A bioengineer mines the biometric data from smartwatches and smartphones to find digital biomarkers for respiratory infections like COVID-19.
Infectious Disease & VaccinesJan 17, 2022|2 min readBy Natalya Ortolano, PhDCOVID-19 isn’t the only microbial infection to cause long-term symptomsThe long-term effects that many recovered COVID-19 patients experience, known as long COVID, seem unusual. But are they really?