From Gut to Brain: How a Common Virus May Trigger Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers have identified a link between chronic cytomegalovirus infections in the gut and Alzheimer’s disease in certain ...
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COVID-19 virus could attack cancer cells and shrink tumors, new study suggests
The SARS-CoV-2 virus ... cells directly, helping to shrink the tumor," noted senior author Ankit Bharat, MD, chief of thoracic surgery at Northwestern Medicine, in the release. This effect ...
Discovery of rapid COVID-19 replication mechanism could expand treatment options
However, the precise mechanism underlying the rapid replication of the virus after it enters human cells ... effects. Notably ...
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When hepatitis E viruses attack nerve cells
A research team has now developed a cell model to study the interaction of the virus with ... the neurological effects of HEV may be due -- at least in part -- to a direct infection of the nerve ...
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What Is a Viral Infection?
Viral infections are contagious illnesses caused by viruses. These infections occur when the virus infects you and attacks ...
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Scientists say they can cut HIV out of cells
Scientists say they have successfully eliminated HIV from infected ... effects. But Dr Jonathan Stoye, a virus expert at the Francis Crick Institute, in London, said removing HIV from all the ...
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Genetics, environment may interact to affect early brain development
A high genetic risk for MS, along with exposure to tobacco or other environmental factors, can affect early brain development ...
The Bird Flu Virus Is One Mutation Away from Getting More Dangerous
“The emergence of a bovine H5N1 virus capable of recognizing human receptors may be closer than previously thought,” Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies ...