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From COVID to cancer: Why Canada’s RNA vaccine leadership matters more than ever
Research teams across Canada are now building on homegrown innovation to expand the potential of RNA vaccines beyond ...
Recreating the respiratory tract in a dish: Modeling viral infections and testing treatments
A study by former Junior Associate Professor Kazuo Takayama, currently a professor of the Institute of Science Tokyo, ...
User-friendly software can detect viruses in RNA sequence data
A new software algorithm developed at Caltech enables researchers to easily search for viruses in RNA sequence data, enabling ...
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UK hospital urgently tracing anyone in contact with A&E patient with rare virus
At the time it raised fears the virus could be sweeping silently through the UK. The Clade 1b strain of Mpox, known to be more dangerous and transmissible than its predecessors, has now been ...
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Tiny Molecules, Big Science: How RNA Research Could Transform Medicine, If We Let It
RNA viruses, such as HIV, influenza or SARSCoV2, also hijack our cellular machinery to cause disease. “When the underlying machinery is not functioning in our cells, the problems that result are huge, ...
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Rare virus that killed Gene Hackman’s wife kills three in small California town
open image in gallery Hantavirus is a virus that spreads through the urine, droppings, or saliva of wild rodents, including deer mice, and can cause serious disease in humans (California ...
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Group IIC self-splicing intron-derived novel circular RNA vaccine elicits superior immune response against RSV
The development of novel circRNA cyclization technologies represents a significant leap forward in RNA engineering and therapeutic applications ... 1:1620, and 1:4860. A virus stock with a previously ...
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New Virus-Trapping Gum Could Help Neutralize Herpes Infections
A special type of chewing gum can 'trap' and neutralize some influenza and herpes viruses, according to new experiments from scientists in the US and Finland. The herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 (HSV-1 ...
The Sun23d
Birmingham’s rubbish crisis risks spread of killer rat viruses that trigger eye-bleeding and organ failure, experts warn
Also on the radar is Seoul virus - a hantavirus - also spread by rats - that killed Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa in March. It causes fever, abdominal pain, and severe symptoms like bleeding ...
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Atea Pharmaceuticals Announces Dosing of First Patient in C-BEYOND, Phase 3 Study Evaluating Regimen of Bemnifosbuvir and Ruzasvir for Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus
About HCV HCV is a blood-borne, positive-sense, single-stranded (ss) RNA virus that primarily infects liver cells. A leading cause of chronic liver disease and liver transplants, HCV is mainly ...
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Watertown Animal Control urges people to beware of virus in wildlife animals
Animal control said there is no cure for the virus within wildlife animals and not every animal seen during the day is sick. They ask anyone who needs assistance to contact the Watertown non ...
Onlymyhealth24d
Game-Changing Chew: US Scientists Create Gum That Kills 95% of Flu and Herpes Viruses
Influenza and herpes simplex viruses (HSV) continue to pose major global health threats. Seasonal flu leads to countless hospitalisations and deaths annually, while herpes simplex virus type 1 ...