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Rensselaer team receives NIAID grant to develop antiviral drug for Covid-19

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grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) unit National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for developing a Covid-19 oral antiviral drug. The team’s work will be based on the prior research of Structural Bioinformatics Constellation Endowed chair Dr Montelione.

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Putting bugs on the menu, safely

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The thought of eating insects is stomach turning for many, but new Edith Cowan University (ECU) research is shedding light on allergy causing proteins which could pose serious health risks for those suffering from shellfish allergy Credit: Edith Cowan University The thought of eating insects is stomach turning for many, but new Edith Cowan University (..)

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New clues to how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells

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Researchers at Uppsala University have tested the bioinformatic predictions made by another research group and have identified receptors that could be important players in the process. The molecular details of how SARS-CoV-2 enters cells and infects them are still not clear.

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Unravelling the mystery that makes viruses infectious

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Credit: University of Leeds Researchers have for the first time identified the way viruses like the poliovirus and the common cold virus ‘package up’ their genetic code, allowing them to infect cells.

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First actionable clock that predicts immunological health and chronic diseases of aging

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Research highlights the critical role of the immune system in the aging process Researchers from the Buck Institute and Stanford University have created an inflammatory clock of aging (iAge) which measures inflammatory load and predicts multi-morbidity, frailty, immune health, cardiovascular aging and is also associated with exceptional longevity in (..)

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Could our immune system be why COVID-19 is so deadly?

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Credit: Earlham Institute Respiratory viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 (causing COVID-19) can often catalyse an overactive immune response that leads to a life-threatening cycle, known as a cytokine storm.

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Improving European healthcare through cell-based interceptive medicine

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Credit: Felix Petermann, MDC Hundreds of innovators, research pioneers, clinicians, industry leaders and policy makers from all around Europe are united by a vision of how to revolutionize healthcare.