NIH launches large study of pregnant women and Zika
NIEHS is joining a National Institutes of Health study of risks that Zika infection poses to pregnant women, their fetuses, and infants. (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - January 6, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Natural products with potential efficacy against lethal viruses
(University of California - San Diego) Researchers describe the biology of three families of RNA viruses including Coronavirus, Ebola, and Zika and the natural products that have been shown to have capabilities to inhibit them. The review provides a guide that could accelerate drug discovery in response to future epidemics. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - January 5, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Human Fetuses Can Contract SARS-CoV-2, but It's Rare
Compared with Zika and cytomegalovirus, the virus that causes COVID-19 appears to have a harder time penetrating the placenta and moving to a woman's unborn baby. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - January 1, 2021 Category: Science Tags: Features Magazine Issue Source Type: news
Could Invasive Mosquito Populations Pose Risk For Zika Virus Outbreaks?
A new study finds that despite the low-risk that Asian tiger mosquitoes pose for the Zika virus, active surveillance and eradication programs should be implemented in territories occupied by them to prevent major outbreaks. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 31, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Anuradha Varanasi, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Source Type: news
Asian tiger mosquito poses low risk for Zika virus outbreaks
(PLOS) The Asian tiger mosquito does not pose a major risk for Zika virus epidemics, according to a study published December 31 in the open-access journalPLOS Pathogens by Albin Fontaine of the Institut de Recherche Biom é dicale des Arm é es, and colleagues. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - December 31, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Zika virus affects eye development before but not after birth
(University of California - Davis) A new study from UC Davis finds that Zika infection during the first trimester of pregnancy can impact fetal retinal development and cause congenital ocular anomalies. The virus does not appear to affect ocular growth postnatally. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
NIH grant funds development of novel biosensor technology for diagnosing viral infections
(University of California - Santa Cruz) For 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. Now, with a five-year, $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, he and his collaborators are poised to complete the development and validation of a prototype and begin testing it in the field for detection of dengue fever, yellow fever, and Zika virus infections. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 16, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
New viral detection technique uses smartphone camera to diagnose various infections
(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Scientists have developed a novel smartphone-based technique to diagnose viral infections that uses a deep learning algorithm to identify viruses in metal nanoparticle-labeled samples, enabling rapid virus detection without the need for skilled laboratory workers and expensive equipment. The system correctly identified clinically relevant concentrations of Zika, hepatitis B (HBV), or hepatitis C (HCV) in 134 patient samples with 98.97% sensitivity. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 16, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
$2 million NIH grant to develop Zika virus vaccine
(Virginia Tech) " This grant focuses on a new strategy that we developed to produce safe and effective flavivirus vaccines. It aims to prevent the emergence of these viruses -- in this case Zika virus -- in humans, " said Jonathan Auguste (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 9, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
'SCOUT' helps researchers find, quantify significant differences among organoids
(Picower Institute at MIT) Unbiased, high-throughput 'pipeline' system clears, labels, images and analyzes organoids to improve their utility for understanding development and diseases such as Zika infection. Code available free on GitHub. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 8, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
What Will The COVID-19 Vaccine Feel Like?
(CNN) — As the United States inches closer to authorizing a COVID-19 vaccine, many people may now let themselves start wondering what it will feel like to get it.
Is it going to be like the flu vaccine? Will it be more painful? And what about side-effects?
The two front-runners for getting an emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration — Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna — use new mRNA technology. No U.S.-licensed vaccine has ever used it, although researchers have been studying it for decades against infections like flu, rabies and Zika, and even for some types of cancer.
The way these...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - December 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CBS Boston Tags: Covid-19 Boston, MA Healthcare Status News Coronavirus Moderna Therapeutics Pfizer Source Type: news
Commonly used antibiotic shows promise for combating Zika infections
NIH preclinical study suggests FDA-approved tetracycline-based antibiotics may slow infection and reduce neurological problems. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - November 24, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Commonly used antibiotic shows promise for combating Zika infections
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Recently, National Institutes of Health researchers used a variety of advanced drug screening techniques to test out more than 10,000 compounds in search of a cure. To their surprise, they found that the widely used antibiotic methacycline was effective at preventing brain infections and reducing neurological problems associated with the virus in mice. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 24, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Why Does A Virus Cause Problems In One Region But Not Another? A Study Offers Insight
In 2015, the mosquito-borne virus Zika exploded in South America. Health experts predicted it would erupt in Africa. But a major outbreak never happened. Now scientists think they understand why. (Image credit: James Gathany/CDC/Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - November 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michaeleen Doucleff Source Type: news
Imaging detects big, rare tumor protruding from fetus's mouth
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 20, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
