Phages could soon test and treat urinary tract infections

Growing resistance to antibiotics is renewing interest in phage therapy for conditions like urinary tract infections.

Vanessa Bleich-ETH Zurich • futurity
July 21, 2023 ~6 min

‘Mask’ lets hepatitis C virus evade immune system

Researchers have solved the mystery of how the hepatitis C virus evades the immune system and spreads through the body: it puts on a "mask."

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
July 6, 2023 ~5 min


How the Lengya virus enters human cells

New findings shed light on how the highly infectious Lengya virus, which has recently transferred from animals to people, is able to enter human cells.

U. Queensland • futurity
June 26, 2023 ~4 min

Can a bat protein treat human inflammation?

A bat protein called ASC2 has a powerful ability to inhibit inflammasomes in mice, thereby limiting inflammation.

Federico Graciano - Duke-NUS • futurity
May 12, 2023 ~4 min

Could a new COVID vaccine offer lifelong protection?

"We need a better vaccine, one that provides years of robust protection with fewer booster shots against a variety of SARS-CoV-2 strains."

Andrew Smith-Rutgers • futurity
May 9, 2023 ~5 min

What do we know about long COVID?

Researchers dig into what they've learned after a year of studying long COVID—as well as what they don't know about the condition.

Andrew Thurston-Boston U. • futurity
May 4, 2023 ~12 min

More staff COVID testing saved nursing home resident lives

"...frequent COVID surveillance testing protected nursing home residents and undoubtedly saved lives," says Brian McGarry.

Mark Michaud-Rochester • futurity
March 24, 2023 ~6 min

New mosquito species moves into Florida

Another new mosquito species has made its way across the tropics to make a permanent home in Florida, researchers say.

Lourdes Mederos-U. Florida • futurity
March 24, 2023 ~7 min


Is bird flu behind New England seal deaths?

A new study links a wave of bird flu to the deaths of more than 330 New England harbor and gray seals along the North Atlantic coast in 2022.

Angela Nelson-Tufts • futurity
March 16, 2023 ~9 min

Tiny chalk disks in ocean are ‘catalysts for death’

The circular, chalky plates of marine algae E. huxleyi can act as catalysts for viral infection and are key to Earth's carbon cycle.

Kitta MacPherson - Rutgers • futurity
March 7, 2023 ~6 min

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