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Researchers have found a way to impart durable antiviral and antibacterial properties to an aluminum alloy used in hospitals.

With doctors and researchers around the world searching for effective treatments for COVID-19, many drugs approved to treat other diseases are being used in hopes that they’ll be effective against the virus. Researchers have cataloged every use documented in medical literature so far.

The first round of results from an immunological study of 149 people who have recovered from COVID-19 show that although the amount of antibodies they generated varies widely, most individuals had generated at least some that were intrinsically capable of neutralizing the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that the chance of a false negative result — when a virus is not detected in a person who actually is, or recently has been, infected — is greater than 1 in 5 and, at times, far higher.

Giving beneficial bacteria to stressed mothers during the equivalent of the third trimester of pregnancy prevents an autism-like disorder in their offspring, according to a new animal study by University of Colorado Boulder researchers.

A team of researchers has developed a new, extremely sensitive method that can quantify bacteria, an antibiotic resistant gene, and immune molecule levels within sepsis patients, far more rapidly than current protocols.

Abnormally high levels of an immune-system molecule, interleukin-6 (IL-6), prior to Huntington’s disease symptoms suggested it led to disease progression. However, Huntington’s model mice bred to lack IL-6 showed exacerbated symptoms compared to mice that still had it, indicating a complex relationship.

A study involving fish that look nearly identical to the endangered Delta smelt finds that CRISPR can be a conservation and resource management tool.

Following on from remdesivir’s promising results from previous studies, a new trial is now investigating remdesivir in combination with baricitinib or placebo as a treatment for COVID-19, in a double-blind, randomized trial.

Bacteria, fungi and plants sometimes produce metal-binding substances that could be harnessed, for example for the extraction of raw materials, for their separation, for cleaning soils or for medical purposes.