Virology

Scientists discover how COVID-19 virus causes multiple organ failure in mice

UCLA researchers are the first to create a version of COVID-19 in mice that shows how the disease damages organs… Read More

December 8, 2020

New CRISPR-based test for COVID-19 uses a smartphone camera

In a new study scientists have outlined the technology for a CRISPR-based test for COVID-19 that uses a smartphone camera. Read More

December 5, 2020

Coronavirus testing kits to be developed using RNA imaging technology

Simon Fraser University researchers will use their pioneering RNA imaging technology--called Mango, for its bright color-- to develop coronavirus testing… Read More

March 21, 2020

Understanding how COVID-19 affects children vital to slowing pandemic, doctors say

COVID-19 so far appears to be largely sparing children, researchers are cautioning that it is critical to know how the… Read More

March 19, 2020

The COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic has a natural origin, scientists say

The analysis of public genome sequence data from SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses found no evidence that the virus was made… Read More

March 18, 2020

New kind of CRISPR technology to target RNA, including RNA viruses like coronavirus

Scientists have developed a new kind of CRISPR screen technology to target RNA, including RNA viruses like coronavirus. Read More

March 17, 2020

Diversity in the CD4 receptor protects chimpanzees from infection by AIDS-like viruses

Scientists found that the CD4 surface protein, used by HIV and SIV as the receptor to enter immune cells, is… Read More

February 5, 2019

How Rare antibodies can neutralize many types of Ebola Virus

Ebola virus Ebola virus can cause a severe, often fatal illness in humans. It can be transferred to people from… Read More

September 14, 2018