[ad_1] Coronavirus vocabulary: vaccine Published December 2, 2020 Transcript of the video [MUSIC PLAYING] PRESENTER: The coronavirus was teaching us a lot on infectious diseases and public health, but it is also teaching us many new words. I’ll help you talk coronavirus. It really is learning a new language. What …
Read More »Horizon Discovery licenses CHOSOURCE to Sanyou Biopharmaceuticals Co.
[ad_1] 2 December 2020 Horizon Discovery Group plc, a global leader in applying gene editing and gene modulation to cell line engineering, today announced that it has granted two commercial licenses for its cGMP-compliant CHOSOURCE ™ platform to Sanyou Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., a leading biotechnology company focused on the research, …
Read More »Antibodies modified to fight future viruses?
[ad_1] Basic research is working hard to find solutions to prevent and treat future viral infections. The answer may lie in modifying our antibodies. From the Covid-19 crisis started, research has never been so interested in treatments antivirals and in particular a antibody modified. The first uses of antibodies to …
Read More »SARS-CoV-2 N439K mutation may be more infectious and resistant to antibodies than Wuhan strain
[ad_1] Researchers studied the effect of several SARS-CoV-2 mutations on its binding to the human angiotensin 2 converting enzyme using molecular dynamics simulations. They found that the N439K mutant binds more strongly than the original Wuhan strain, which could have implications for therapies such as monoclonal antibodies. The 2019 coronavirus …
Read More »Biosensor Testing SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Testing Can Predict COVID-19 Severity in Patients
[ad_1] The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread around the world, causing over 59.17 million confirmed infections and over 1.39 million deaths. The causative agent, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Understanding the size of the virus and its prevalence …
Read More »Mumps vaccine would protect against Covid-19
[ad_1] Several studies have recently suggested that the vaccine against the tuberculosis – BCG – reduces the risk of contamination to SARS-CoV-2. A team of international researchers now states this the ROR vaccine (measles-mumps-rubella) can protect against COVID-19, or at least reduce the severity from symptoms. ” We found an …
Read More »First checkpoint inhibitor vaccine proven to be safe and effective in colon cancer animal model
[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 23, 2020 A study by Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) described a potential therapeutic cancer vaccine that liberates suppressed immune cells that kill cancer, allowing them to …
Read More »Hyperimmune anti-SARS-CoV-2 globulin produced from a convalescent plasma pool has 3 antibody neutralizing activities
[ad_1] The severe acute respiratory syndrome virus coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged from Wuhan, China in late 2019 and rapidly spread around the world, progressing into a full-fledged pandemic. As this is a new virus, scientists around the world immediately began work on developing a vaccine or effective therapeutic agents to …
Read More »Covid-19 reinfection is possible and should inform pandemic priorities moving forward
[ad_1] MILAN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 20: A nurse vaccinates an elderly person for the flu on November 20, 2020 in … [+] Milan, Italy. A civil protection tent in front of the Milan Cathedral in Piazza Reale has been made available to vaccinate the elderly over 65. (Photo by Pier …
Read More »E-cigarette users have an increased susceptibility to the flu, COVID-19
[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 18, 2020 In a controlled study of smokers, non-smokers, and e-cigarette users, researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine found that e-cigarette users exhibited significantly altered immune responses to a influenza virus infection pattern, suggesting a increased susceptibility to the disease. …
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