A small percentage of HIV patients may naturally reach a “functional cure,” isolating the virus into parts of the human genome so remote, it is unable to replicate, according to new research. The only other known cure offering long-term HIV remission resulted from bone marrow transplants in two people. However, these transplants are risky, expensive and not a… Read More »
Harvard University and AbbVie today announced a $ 30 million collaborative research alliance, launching a multi-pronged effort at Harvard Medical School (HMS) to study and develop novel therapies against emergent viral infections, with a focus on those caused by coronaviruses and by viruses that lead to hemorrhagic fever. This collaboration aims to rapidly integrate fundamental… Read More »
Harsh measures, including stay-at-home orders and restaurant closures, are contributing to rapid drops in the numbers of fevers — a signal symptom of most coronavirus infections — recorded in states across the country, according to intriguing new data produced by a medical technology firm. At least 248 million Americans in at least 29 states have… Read More »
A second doctor is dead after he was infected with coronavirus while treating patients at a hospital in Wuhan, China, where the deadly virus originated. Respected neurologist Liu Zhiming, 51, died at 10.54am local time on Tuesday. Liu’s death comes after fellow doctor and whistleblower Li Wenliang died on February 7. Liu, who was the… Read More »
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have found a way to charge up the fight against bacterial infections using electricity. Work conducted in the laboratories of the Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine and Engineering, Chandan Sen, PhD and Sashwati Roy, PhD has led to the development of a dressing that uses an electric field… Read More »