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de Wit et al show that remdesivir is a promising antiviral treatment against MERS that could be considered for implementation in clinical trials. This colorized scanning electron micrograph shows MERS virus particles (blue) both budding and attached to the surface of infected VERO E6 cells (yellow). Image credit: NIAID.

Remdesivir: Experimental Antiviral Drug Shows Promise against MERS Virus in Rhesus Macaques

Feb 19, 2020 by News Staff

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is closely related to the COVID-19 coronavirus (also known as SARS-CoV-2 and 2019-nCoV) that has...

According to Kathrin Andrich et al, the Epigallocatechin gallate -- a compound found in green tea leaves -- may be of particular benefit to patients struggling with multiple myeloma and amyloidosis. Image credit: Ascyrafft Adnan.

Green Tea Extract Plus Exercise May Mitigate Obesity-Related Fatty Liver Disease, Study Shows

Feb 18, 2020 by News Staff

The combination of decaffeinated green tea extract and voluntary exercise can effectively mitigate nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, suggests a new study...

World Health Organization Underestimates Spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus, New Review Says

Feb 17, 2020 by News Staff

In a review of previous studies, a team of researchers from Sweden, Germany and China found the average reproduction number (R0) for the COVID-19 coronavirus...

Immune cells count their neighbors before deciding whether or not the immune system should kick into high gear. Image credit: Northwestern University.

Immune Cells Congregate and Coordinate with Neighbors to Decide Whether to React: Study

Feb 13, 2020 by News Staff

Scientists have long known that immune cells migrate to the site of an infection, which individuals experience as inflammation. Now, a team of researchers...

TEM image of Bacillus subtilis grown in corbomycin shows a characteristic twisted phenotype; red triangles mark sites of aberrant-division septa formation, thickened cell wall and granular formations. Image credit: Culp et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-1990-9.

Two Glycopeptide Antibiotics Have Never-Before-Seen Way to Kill Bacteria

Feb 13, 2020 by News Staff

Two members of a new class of glycopeptide antibiotics — the previously known glycopeptide antibiotic complestatin and a newly-discovered compound...

The smart insulin patch. Image credit: Zhen Gu Lab, University of California, Los Angeles.

Bioengineers Testing Smart Insulin Patch

Feb 12, 2020 by News Staff

A team of U.S. bioengineers has developed a glucose-responsive insulin patch that could one day monitor and manage glucose levels in people with diabetes....

This illustration reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the COVID-19 coronavirus. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. Image credit: CDC.

Human Coronaviruses Can Remain Infectious on Inanimate Surfaces For Up To Nine Days, New Review Says

Feb 11, 2020 by News Staff

According to a review of previous studies, published online February 6, 2020 in the Journal of Hospital Infection, human coronaviruses such as Severe Acute...

Transmission electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first U.S. case of 2019-nCoV. The spherical extracellular viral particles contain cross-sections through the viral genome, seen as black dots. Image credit: C.S. Goldsmith & A. Tamin / CDC.

Steroids Should Be Avoided in Treatment of 2019-nCoV Coronavirus, Scientists Say

Feb 10, 2020 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research, the Queen’s Medical Research Institute Edinburgh, and Roslin...

German Researchers Find 2019-nCoV Coronavirus in Nose, Throat of Patients with Mild Symptoms

Feb 10, 2020 by News Staff

Even patients with mild symptoms are capable of transmitting the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, according to a team of scientists from the Charité-Universitätsmedizin...

36-year old male with history of recent travel to Wuhan, presenting with fever, fatigue and myalgias. Coronal thin-section non-contrast CT image shows ground-glass opacities with a rounded morphology in both upper lobes (arrows). Image credit: Chung et al, doi: 10.1148/radiol.2020200230.

Radiologists Describe CT Imaging Features of 2019-nCoV Coronavirus

Feb 6, 2020 by News Staff

In a retrospective case series, an international team of radiologists has reviewed chest CT scans of 21 symptomatic patients from China infected with the...

Viral particle before (left) and after treatment. Image credit: University of Manchester.

Modified Sugars Show Broad-Spectrum Virucidal Activity

Feb 4, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of researchers from the University of Manchester, the University of Geneva, and the EPFL has synthesized new antiviral materials that proved to...

A cell layer with a visible cytopathic effect; the cells infected by the 2019-nCoV coronavirus were destroyed. Image credit: National Reference Center for Respiratory Viruses, Institut Pasteur.

French Scientists Grow 2019-nCoV Coronavirus from Patient Samples, Sequence Its Whole Genome

Feb 3, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

On January 24, 2020, the French Ministry of Health announced three cases of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus in France. On January 29, a team of researchers from...

Study: 2019-nCoV Coronavirus Receptors Show Similarities to SARS

Feb 3, 2020 by News Staff

In a new study, a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota and the University of North Carolina has analyzed the potential receptor usage by...

New Study Estimates Spread of 2019-nCoV Coronavirus

Jan 31, 2020 by News Staff

As of January 25, 2020, up to 75,800 individuals in Wuhan, Hubei province, China — the epicenter of the outbreak of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus —...

Is 2019-nCoV Outbreak as Bad as SARS or 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic?

Jan 31, 2020 by The Conversation

As the 2019-nCoV coronavirus continues to cross international borders, the two key questions on public health officials’ minds are: How deadly is it?...

How Contagious is 2019-nCoV Coronavirus?

Jan 30, 2020 by The Conversation

Cases of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus have increased dramatically over the past week, prompting concerns about how contagious the virus is and how it spreads....

A drug-resistant visualizing paper-based band-aid for point-of-care sensing and selectively treating drug-resistant bacteria. Image credit: Sun et al, doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b01104.

Color-Changing Paper-Based Bandages Sense, Selectively Treat Bacterial Infections

Jan 29, 2020 by News Staff

A team of scientists has developed visualizing paper-based bandages that can sense drug-resistant and drug-sensitive bacteria in wounds and implement a...

Australian Researchers Grow 2019-nCoV Coronavirus from Patient Sample

Jan 29, 2020 by News Staff

A team of scientists at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) in Melbourne, Australia, has successfully grown the...

White fat cells (adipocytes) activate the lipolysis pathway to produce the free fatty acids that are used as heating fuel by brown adipose tissue. Nayak et al show that OPN3 is required for blue-light-enhanced activation of the lipolysis pathway. This explains the low body temperature of OPN3 mutant mice. Image credit: Nayak et al, doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.12.043.

Fat Cells Can Sense Light, Animal Study Shows

Jan 28, 2020 by News Staff

Light exposure regulates how two kinds of fat cells (adipocytes) work together to produce the raw materials that all other cells use for energy, according...