Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Although the direct association between nasal microbiota and COVID-19 severity remains unclear, this study has revealed…

Researchers from the molecular biology department at The Pennsylvania State University, USA, have come up with an innovative strategy of using a non-functioning synthetic version of SARS-CoV-2 to annihilate the disease-causing alternative. This synthetic version of the COVID-19 virus has been proven to interfere with the growth process of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and could be developed as anti-viral therapy for the disease.

The biomarkers found during the interruption of ART could help predict HIV remission by providing interpretative clues on the biological mechanisms of HIV duplication after stopping ART, as well as assist in the design of a new way to cure the disease.

mRNA coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are highly effective at producing antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in pregnant and lactating women, a new study, the largest of its kind to date, has reported.

SULFOSUGARS from green vegetables promote important gut bacteria in humans, research from Vienna has found. The team from the Center for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, analysed how the gut microbes processed the plant-based, sulfur-containing sugar sulfoquinovose, a sulfonic acid derivative of glucose, which is found in greens such as lettuce, spinach, and algae; they discovered that a group of specialised gut bacteria co-operated in the utilisation of the sulfosugars to produce hydrogen sulfide.

IMMUNODEFIENCY in patients with HIV may be counteracted by drugs that block protein kinases, according to a new study carried out by researchers at the…

HUMAN adenovirus (HAdV) types F40 and F41 are prominent causes of diarrhoea and diarrhoea-associated mortality in more than 50,000 young children worldwide annually. For the first time, researchers have successfully mapped the structure of an enteric HAdV-F41 that may in the long term aid in the treatment for other viral diseases, including coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

‘HEALTHY’ and plant-based diets promote a microbiome linked to lower risks of common illnesses, such as heart disease, obesity, and Type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to a recent study from epidemiologists and nutritional scientists.