Africa is still suffering from the AIDS epidemic. Photo: dpa/Dai Kurokawa December 1st is World AIDS Day. Will there be a vaccination against HIV one day – and what influence does the corona pandemic have on the fight against AIDS? The infectiologist Bernd Salzberger provides answers. On World AIDS Day on December 1st, the United … Read more
Around two and a half years after the outbreak of the corona pandemic, a newly discovered bat virus called Khosta-2 is causing concern. US researchers from Washington State University warn in one Study from the pathogen they found in Russian horseshoe bats. The virus has “disturbing features”. Also interesting: Immunity vulnerability warning: Who should get … Read more
Bats and Corona Pandemic Virus discovered in Russia could be dangerous 09/27/2022 1:26 p.m In view of the pandemic, researchers around the world are searching even more intensively for new pathogens. Bats in Russia carry a potential candidate. This can not only penetrate human cells, but even prevails in the laboratory against antibodies and corona … Read more
Endogenous anti-inflammatories 26. September 2022 13:50 Robert Klatt Cause in some cases mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 die Formation of antibodies against an endogenous anti-inflammatory agent These antibodies cause an autoimmune reactionthe the inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis). In individual cases, an mRNA vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 can trigger myocarditis. Now the cause of this rare … Read more
Sars-CoV-2 not the trigger Are Alzheimer’s and Covid-19 related? 09/20/2022, 6:29 p.m Covid-19 is often associated with neurological disorders and Alzheimer’s disease with certain pathogens. Researchers are therefore examining large amounts of data and are recognizing the first indications between a Sars-CoV-2 infection and the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. People who had Covid-19 at the beginning … Read more
Children are significantly less likely to get seriously ill with Covid-19 because their immune systems can usually adapt better to the corona virus. This is now also confirmed by a small study from Singapore. Doctors took blood samples while the children were still acutely infected and repeated this one to three times after infection. The … Read more
Genetically engineering mice to make their immune systems human is not a new invention. But a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School has now created a special line of new effective antibodies against the Sars coronavirus 2 through a complex combination of human and mouse genes. As the team around Sai Luo, Jun Zhang … Read more
Genetically engineering mice to make their immune system human is not a new invention. But a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School has now created a special line of new effective antibodies against the Sars coronavirus 2 through a complex combination of human and mouse genes. As the team around Sai Luo, Jun Zhang … Read more