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Scientists have uncovered a methane-fueled symbiosis between worms and bacteria at the bottom of the sea, shedding new light on the ecology of deep-sea environments.

A case study of a patient in Wuhan, China, suggests that the immunosuppressant tocilizumab may be an effective therapeutic strategy against COVID-19 in infected patients who also have multiple myeloma and other blood cancers.

Normal speech by individuals who are asymptomatic but infected with coronavirus may produce enough aerosolized particles to transmit the infection.

Researchers have discovered a new molecular mechanism mediated by nuclear receptors that determines the identity and expansion of macrophages – one of the cell types that act as immune sentinels in the body.

A sponge found in Manado Bay, Indonesia, synthesizes a molecule called manzamine A, which has been shown to stop the growth of cervical cancer cells. The study explored the anti-growth and cancer cell-killing effects of manzamine A in different cervical cancer cell lines.

An antibody recovered from a survivor of the SARS epidemic in the early 2000s has revealed a potential vulnerability of the new coronavirus at the root of COVID-19, according to a study from scientists at Scripps Research.

South Australian researchers are testing a vaccine candidate against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.

OCF is assisting its customers to get involved in “Folding@home” in the fight against COVID-19.

Using machine vision, researchers have been able to reliably link five emotional states, and even the relative strength of these states, to the facial expressions of mice.

Some researchers are saying that it's time for regulators, scientists, and the public to "revisit drugs that were once used but fell out of use because of political machinations, especially the war on drugs."