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A new type of mRNA vaccine is more scalable and adaptable to continuously evolving viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and H5N1, according to a study by researchers at University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health and the Pennsylvania State University. The study was published today in NPJ Vaccines.

Dapagliflozin shows promise in treating metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), with or without type 2 diabetes in a new clinical trial conducted in China.

A new study reveals the biological secret to the Zika virus’s infectious success : Zika uses host cells own self-care system of clearing away useless molecules to suppress the host proteins that the virus has employed to get into those cells in the first place.

T cells are front line defenders against pathogens, like viruses, and cancer because they can kill infected or malignant cells. Scientists have for years been trying different techniques to direct these immune cells to protect against disease. CAR-T therapy is one such example of prompting the body’s own immune system to attack certain forms of cancer using T cells

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered how a parasite that causes malaria when transmitted through a mosquito bite can hide from the body’s immune system, sometimes for years. It turns out that the parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, can shut down a key set of genes, rendering itself immunologically invisible.

In a new article published in Nature communications, researchers from Uppsala Antibiotic Center, Uppsala University and SciLifeLab describe a fundamental mechanism of antibiotic resistance. What happens in a bacterium that is resistant to the antibiotic fusidic acid? With a stop-motion movie at the atomic level, they can show that the resistance protein FusB works nearly like a crowbar.

A study published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry presents a new family of candidate compounds for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and pain, which have shown promising effects in animal models.

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Vienna and the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, has discovered saarvienin A, a new type of glycopeptide antibiotic.

Higher intakes of black tea, berries, citrus fruits and apples could help to promote healthy ageing, new research has found. This study conducted by researchers from Edith Cowan University, Queen's University Belfast and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, found that foods rich in flavonoids could help to lower the risk of key components of unhealthy ageing, including frailty, impaired physical function and poor mental health.