Videos with cold symptoms activate brain regions and trigger immune response

Study on brain activity and antibody concentration

07-Feb-2025 - People who watch videos of sneezing or sick people show increased activity in brain regions that represent an interface between the brain and the immune system and react to potential dangers. At the same time, the concentration of antibodies in their saliva increases. The findings of a study by ...

Bats: Corona Without Symptoms

The genome of flying mammals could offer new approaches to medical solutions

31-Jan-2025 - Bats have the ability to tolerate coronaviruses and other viruses without becoming ill. This is due to special adaptations in their immune system. As part of the “Bat1K” project, an international research team has now generated high-quality genomes of bats in order to analyze these adaptations. ...

Rapid success: innovative therapy stops deadly brain inflammation

’We are convinced that our method will revolutionise the treatment of infectious diseases’

27-Nov-2024 - Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare but serious brain infection. It gradually destroys brain tissue and often leads to death within a few weeks. It is caused by the human polyomavirus 2 – also known as the John Cunningham (JC) virus. In 2021, an interdisciplinary team at ...

Vicebio Announces $100 Million Series B Financing

Funding will support and accelerate development of next-generation multivalent respiratory virus vaccines

30-Sep-2024 - Vicebio Ltd, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel vaccines against life-threatening respiratory viral infections, announces a $100 million Series B financing led by TCGX with investment from Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Avoro Ventures, venBio, and participation from UniQuest and founding ...

Autoantibodies Cause Lifelong Risk of Viral Infections

19-Jul-2024 - A new study shows that about two percent of the population develop autoantibodies against type 1 interferons, mostly later in life. This makes individuals more susceptible to viral diseases like COVID-19. The study, conducted by UZH researchers together with a USZ team, is based on an analysis of ...

Antiviral nasal spray for common colds or more severe respiratory diseases

Start-up G.ST Antivirals reports start of Phase II trial and announces appointment of Ronald Bruce Turner as new Chief Medical Officer

16-Apr-2024 - G.ST Antivirals, aspin-off from the Medical University of Vienna applying innovative, host cell-based strategies to develop broad-spectrum antivirals against respiratory tract infections, announced the appointment of Ronald Bruce Turner, MD, as new Chief Medical Officer (CMO). An expert in the ...

Attack and defence in the microverse

From harmless housemate to cunning kidnapper: Research team is shedding light on the regulatory mechanisms of small RNA molecules—which play a decisive role in viral infections of bacteria

08-Apr-2024 - Viruses need hosts. Whether it’s measles, the flu or coronavirus, viral pathogens cannot multiply or infect other organisms without the assistance of their hosts’ cellular infrastructure. However, humans are not the only ones affected by viruses: animals, plants and even microorganisms can all ...

AATec Medical starts collaboration with the German Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation SPRIND for alpha-1 antitrypsin

SPRIND supports the development of ATL-105 for the treatment of viral respiratory diseases in various disease models

13-Feb-2024 - AATec Medical GmbH (AATec), a biotech company developing a multi-product platform based on recombinant alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT), announces the start of its collaboration with the German Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovations (SPRIND). This project is a key step in the development of the ...

Computer-engineered DNA to study cell identities

“We can follow with our eyes the color in a petri dish when we give a treatment”

12-Feb-2024 - A new computer program allows scientists to design synthetic DNA segments that indicate, in real time, the state of cells. Reported by the Gargiulo lab in “Nature Communications”, it will be used to screen for anti-cancer or viral infections drugs, or to improve gene and cell-based ...

Prepared for the next virus pandemic

13 institutions from 6 countries set up European research platform

11-Jan-2024 - In collaboration with 12 partners from 6 countries, Jena University Hospital is establishing the Antivirus Pandemic Preparedness EuropeAn pLatform (APPEAL), a European research initiative aimed at enhancing preparedness for future pandemics. This EU funded collaboration will establish a ...