Space travel weakens immune system by altering gene expression in white blood cells
Evidence is mounting that astronauts are more susceptible to infections while in space. For example, astronauts on board the International ...
Tag: Herpes
Genome editing techniques based on bacterial-artificial-chromosome in herpesvirus research
In a recent study published in the Microorganisms journal, researchers in China reviewed the uses of bacterial-artificial-chromosome (BAC)-based genome editing ...
Viral shedding rate declines rapidly during the first year among people with HSV-1 genital infections
People with a genital infection of the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which usually causes cold sores, frequently shed ...
Synthetic mucin gels against HIV-1 and HSV-2 transmission
In a recent study published in the Advanced Science journal, researchers assessed the effectiveness of synthetic mucin gels in the ...
SARS-CoV-2 generates amyloid in cerebral spinal fluid
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, an international team of researchers demonstrated amyloid aggregation due to ...
Mucus-based prophylactic gel protects against HIV and herpes transmission
A mucus-based prophylactic gel developed at KTH Royal Institute of Technology has proven 70 percent effective in lab tests against ...
The brain and fat communicate directly
With rising rates of obesity and related metabolic diseases being reported worldwide, researchers have struggled to understand the functional status ...
The currently available evidence on viral-induced parkinsonism
As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) concerns abate in a great part of the world, fresh worries arise about the long-term ...
Common viruses may play a role in some cases of Alzheimer's disease
Researchers from Oxford's Institute of Population Ageing, Tufts University and the University of Manchester have discovered that common viruses appear ...
Study shows the link between common viruses and onset of Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer's disease can begin almost imperceptibly, often masquerading in the early months or years as forgetfulness that is common in ...