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Genetic tracing at the Huanan Seafood market further supports COVID animal origins

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A new study provides a list of the wildlife species present at the market from which SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, most likely arose in late 2019. The study is based on a new analysis of metatranscriptomic data released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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RNA: The most attractive target in recent viral diseases

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

These strategies act by taking advantage of the weakness points of this attractive bioweapon to disable or attack it (itself), accordingly stop the entire viral reproduction, and effectively end the severe microbial infections such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). SARS-CoV-2) to infect humans and spread infections.

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Researchers engineer in vivo delivery system for prime editing, partially restoring vision in mice

Broad Institute

Williams January 8, 2024 Credit: Susanna Hamilton, Broad Communications Researchers have developed virus-like particles that can deliver gene-editing cargo to cells, including those in the mouse brain. Delivery dilemma Gene editing approaches promise to treat a range of diseases by precisely correcting genetic mutations that cause disease.

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Can Global Genomic Surveillance Forecast the Next Pandemic?

PLOS: DNA Science

These factors are converging to enable both identification of novel infectious diseases as well as microbial resistance, before these threats can impact public health, write a team from the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Frontiers in Science. COVID clearly caught us off guard.

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Advancing vaccine design: potential of peptide mimicry

Drug Target Review

In a new development, a recent paper published in Biology Methods & Protocols by Oxford University Press has highlighted a promising avenue for enhancing vaccine efficacy against infectious pathogens like the COVID-19 virus. Since December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection has become a worldwide urgent public health concern.

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Battling antibiotic resistance in the lab and the clinic

Broad Institute

Bhattacharyya wears many coats today, splitting his time between the Broad and the infectious disease ward at MGH, where a diagnostic method he developed at Broad is now being tested to see if it helps patients quickly receive the best antibiotics for their infections. million deaths attributed directly to resistant infections.

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Cardiovascular Disease Still Leading Cause of Death Worldwide

The Pharma Data

27, 2021 — Heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, with 18.6 million deaths attributed to cardiovascular disease (CVD) globally in 2019, according to a report from the American Heart Association published online Jan. According to the report, in 2019, about 18.6 WEDNESDAY, Jan. 27 in Circulation.

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