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RIG-I restrains SARS-CoV-2 replication in human lung cells
Scientists from Hokkaido University have discovered a novel defensive response to SARS-CoV-2 that involves the viral pattern recognition receptor RIG-I. Upregulating expression of this...
H5N8 strain of avian influenza virus threaten the possibility of another pandemic
Two virus researchers in China are recommending security measures after seven Russian farm workers became infected with a crossover flu virus last year.
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Nearly half a billion people on the planet have diabetes
Nearly half a billion people on the planet have diabetes, but most of them aren't getting the kind of care that could make their...
I voltagabbana del sistema immunitario sono anche i principali responsabili nei casi gravi di...
Lo sviluppo di anticorpi contro il virus COVID-19 è stata la grande speranza a lungo termine di porre fine alla pandemia. Tuttavia, i voltagabbana del...
Practicing visual working memory and reasoning tasks boost children’s math skills
Young children who practice visual working memory and reasoning tasks improve their math skills more than children who focus on spatial rotation exercises, according...
Seriously ill COVID-19 patients in African countries are more likely to die than those...
Seriously ill COVID-19 patients in African countries are more likely to die than those on other continents, which could be because of a lack...
COVID-19: In che modo le varianti sfuggono alla risposta immunitaria?
Varianti a rapida diffusione del coronavirus che causa COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, portano mutazioni che consentono al virus di sfuggire ad alcune delle risposte immunitarie create...
COVID-19: How Do Variants Escape Immune Response?
Fast-spreading variants of the COVID-19-causing coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, carry mutations that enable the virus to escape some of the immune response created naturally or by...
CytoReason’s platform allows pharmaceutical developers to significantly accelerate their clinical trials
Scientists at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer have long understood that people with various autoimmune diseases often have elevated levels of a protein called CCR6, believed...
New antigen kit can detect SARS-CoV-2 in saliva samples with the same efficiency and...
Scientists from Hokkaido University have shown that an antigen-based test for quantifying SARS-CoV-2 in saliva samples is simple, rapid, and more conducive for mass-screening.
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Il sesso orale aiuta ad alimentare più casi di cancro alla bocca e alla...
Lo screening e il vaccino HPV hanno portato a un calo dei tumori cervicali negli ultimi due decenni negli Stati Uniti, rileva un nuovo...
Immune system turncoats are also major culprits in severe cases of COVID-19
The development of antibodies to the COVID-19 virus has been the great long-term hope of ending the pandemic. However, immune system turncoats are also...
Exocrine cell dysfunction might be a major contributor of type 1 diabetes
By mapping its genetic underpinnings, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have identified a predictive causal role for specific cell...
Oral sex is helping fuel more cases of mouth and throat cancers in men
Screening and the HPV vaccine have led to drops in cervical cancers over the last two decades in the U.S., a new study finds,...
Mitochondrial dysfunction may play an important role in neuropsychiatric disorders
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) showed...
