Protecting crops: RNA-based substances open up new avenue to combat a widespread plant virus
New RNA-based active agents reliably protect plants against the Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), the most common virus in ...
How vulnerable might humans be to bird flu? Scientists see hope in existing immunity
Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems ...
Scientists Unveil a Game-Changing RNA Shield Against Crop Viruses
Researchers at Martin Luther University have developed groundbreaking RNA-based agents that offer high levels of protection ...
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If bird flu jumps to humans, immunity from seasonal flu may offer some protection
Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems ...
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“Effective dsRNAs” Combat Cucumber Mosaic Virus in Tests
Researchers at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have developed RNA-based active agents that appear to reliably protect plants against cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), the most common ...
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Researchers uncover a surprising new way the immune system ‘remembers’
The researchers next showed that when macrophages were exposed to inflammatory signals, their activity changed alongside ...
Everyone’s Talking About the HPV Vaccine, So Let’s Get Some Things Straight
Gardasil 9 is the HPV vaccine that prevents the most dangerous strains of the virus. Since HPV spreads through intimate ...
Single vaccine dose shows 84% effectiveness against mpox, but insufficient for HIV patients
Universitätsmedizin Berlin has found that a single dose of the Imvanex vaccine provides protection against mpox with 84% ...
H5N1 influenza viral lineages beginning to evade human immunological defenses, research finds
New computational modeling of avian influenza variants' immunoprotein interactions—developed by a research team at the ...
Unveiling bacteria's viral defense: Nine genes that could aid phage therapy
University of Toronto researchers have discovered nine new genes used by bacteria to protect themselves against ...
'Aging clock' computer model reveals aging processes in immune cells
Not only does our body change with age, but so does our immune system. A recent study led by the Center for Individualized Infection Medicine (CiiM) shows exactly how immune cells age and how ...
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Viruses That Mimic Human Proteins May Be More Common than Previously Thought
A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which ...