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WhatsApp launches three new security tools to stop hackers
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The popular messaging platform WhatsApp, recently unveiled a new account verification feature that will prevent viruses from affecting users' accounts while it is active on their mobile device.
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Study finds how virus lead to cancer, causes chromosomal breakage
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The saliva is the main body fluid that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) spreads through when people kiss, share drinks or use the same dining utensils. So, it should come as no surprise that EBV is one of the most common viruses, infecting more than 90 per cent of the world's population, mostly
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Ocean warming can trigger viral outbreaks within corals
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The breathtaking colours of reef-building corals come from photosynthetic algae that live inside the corals. A groundbreaking three-year study has found that viruses may increase their attacks on these symbiotic algae during marine heat waves.
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Researchers discover source of T cell exhaustion
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
CAR T-cell treatments, which are specifically designed to target cancer cells, has heralded a new era in the treatment of human cancers, particularly hematologic malignancies. But all too frequently, they exhibit a disconcerting characteristic derived from the immune system's own cells: a sh
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Pentagon bioweapon in charge Anthony Fauci moved research to Wuhan lab in
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
American environment lawyer and author Robert F. Kennedy Jr said that former Chief Medical Advisor to US President, Anthony Fauci who had been in charge of developing bioweapons for the Pentagon since 2002, moved his bioweapons research to the Wuhan lab in 2014, after three viruses escaped f
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Pattern of viruses changed unexpectedly in past six months, says Delhi hos
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Hospitals across the country are reporting thousands of cases of influenza A subtype H3N2.
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Hyderabad-based company introduces portable RTPCR machine capable of testi
Updated : 3 years ago IST
An Hyderabad-based company on Saturday introduced a small real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR) machine that can test all types of viruses.
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Study shows circovirus involved in human hepatitis
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Circoviruses are a family of small, highly resistant DNA viruses that were initially identified in 1974 in various animal species, where they can cause respiratory, renal, dermatological and reproductive problems. HCirV-1 is a novel virus that is distant from known animal circoviruses.
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Fever-reducing medicine given unnecessarily to children by one in three pa
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
For many children, the winter season comes with regular exposure to circulating viruses at school or daycare. A warm forehead is often one of the first clear signs a child has caught a bug
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Detecting rapidly mutating bacteria and viruses with AutoPLP
Updated : 3 years ago IST
As we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the microorganisms that cause various diseases can rapidly change into versions that avoid detection and treatment. However, researchers presenting in ACS Infectious Diseases have discovered a process that could aid in detecting these elusive in
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New study explores challenges of developing mucosal vaccines for respirato
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Vaccines that provide long-lasting protection against influenza, coronaviruses and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are difficult to develop. In a new review article in Cell Host & Microbe, researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the N
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New compound inhibits influenza virus replication: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The host cell's molecular arsenal is used by viruses to multiply. This is something that researchers from the University of Bonn's Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation2 and their Japanese counterparts hope to take advantage of for the treatment of influenza.
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