What causes Alzheimer’s disease? The answer could be right under our noses, says leading expert Professor Ruth Itzhaki. Her latest
Does herpes cause Alzheimer’s?
Advancing transplantation: Hepatitis C-infected organs safe for transplantation when followed by antiviral treatment
Twenty patients at Penn Medicine have been cured of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) following lifesaving kidney transplants from deceased
Real-time foot-and-mouth strategy to better fight disease
Future outbreaks of foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease can be combatted quickly and efficiently from early on — when authorities have minimal
New compounds to treat RSV, Zika virus: New chemical compound shows promising antiviral activity
A new and promising class of chemical compounds has major potential for treating Zika virus and respiratory syncytial virus, or
Amyloid beta protein protects brain from herpes infection by entrapping viral particles: Chronic viral infection could induce overproduction of Alzheimer’s-disease-associated protein and cause damaging inflammation
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study has found the mechanism by which amyloid beta (A-beta) — the protein deposited into
Cells can trap viruses in protein cage to stop their spread, study reveals
Researchers at The Francis Crick Institute in London have discovered that cells can trap viruses in a protein cage to
A better way to trace neuronal pathways: Moving forward by moving backward more effectively
New technologies have been likened, famously, to magic. At first, even the few who understand how they work have a
A single-injection vaccine for the polio virus: Nanoparticles could offer a new way to help eradicate the disease worldwide
A new nanoparticle vaccine developed by MIT researchers could assist efforts to eradicate polio worldwide. The vaccine, which delivers multiple
Researchers discover how body temperature wrecks potential dengue, Zika vaccine
A major route toward creating effective vaccines against dengue virus and Zika involves the E protein that covers the surface
New breakthrough paving the way for universal Ebola therapeutic
A new collaborative study has identified and studied Ebola antibodies that could be used to design universal therapeutics that are