Dengue Virus News Gathered from News-Medical.Net
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Researchers discover antibody that blocks the spread of dengue virus
Jan 14, 2021 | 15:15 pmA team of researchers led by the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Michigan has discovered an antibody that blocks the spread within the body of the dengue virus, a mosquito-borne pathogen that infects between 50 and 100 million people a year.
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New genomics resource details the small RNA transcriptomes of four mosquito species
Jan 14, 2021 | 01:38 amResearchers from Boston University School of Medicine provide a new genomics resource that details the small RNA transcriptomes (gene expression) of four bio-medically important mosquito species.
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Scientists decipher the structure of protein found in parasites that cause neglected tropical diseases
Jan 8, 2021 | 08:52 amBrazilian researchers have managed to decipher the structure of a protein found in parasites that cause neglected tropical diseases, paving the way to the development of novel medications.
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Researchers identify natural products with potential to disrupt viral spread
Jan 6, 2021 | 05:34 amResearchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California San Diego have broken down the genomic and life history traits of three classes of viruses that have caused endemic and global pandemics in the past and identify natural products - compounds produced in nature - with the potential to disrupt their spread.
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$3.7 million NIH grant supports development of biosensor technology for diagnosing viral diseases
Dec 17, 2020 | 00:43 amFor over ten years, Ali Yanik has been working to develop novel biosensor technology to provide rapid, low-cost testing for disease diagnostics and precision medicine.
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Takeda brings innovative pipeline portfolio to patients for sustained revenue growth
Dec 10, 2020 | 08:00 amAs part of its Wave 1 Pipeline Market Opportunity Call, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited provided an update on its pipeline portfolio, which has the potential to contribute significantly to revenue growth for the company over the next decade.
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Virginia Tech researchers awarded NIH grant to develop Zika virus vaccine
Dec 10, 2020 | 01:16 amFlaviviruses -- a group of viruses transmitted by ticks or mosquitoes -- infect an estimated 400 million people annually with diseases like yellow fever, Dengue fever, West Nile virus, and, most recently, Zika virus.
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Increasing levels of light pollution could impact transmission of diseases through mosquitoes
Oct 21, 2020 | 09:42 amArtificial light abnormally increases mosquito biting behavior at night in a species that typically prefers to bite people during the day, according to research from the University of Notre Dame that was published in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
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A possible inverse relationship between Dengue and COVID-19 in Brazil
Sep 25, 2020 | 04:41 amTheir study titled, “How super-spreader cities, highways, hospital bed availability, and dengue fever influenced the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil,” was released pre-peer review on the preprint medRxiv* early this week.
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As fires and floods wreak havoc on health, new climate center seeks solutions
Sep 24, 2020 | 19:22 pmFor the past month, record-breaking wildfires have torched millions of acres from the Mexican border well into Canada, their smoke producing air so toxic that millions of people remained indoors for days on end while many visited hospitals because of respiratory distress.
