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Measles

Measles, also known as rubeola, is a disease caused by a virus of the genus Morbillivirus.

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Measles: Activation of Two Different Innate Immune Responses Spotted

Oct. 15, 2021 — Researchers have described a novel host strategy for combating viruses such as measles virus that affect the mitochondria, structures within the cell. The presence of the RNA genome of the measles ...

Scientists Illuminate How Virus Attacks Cat Kidney, Could Jump to Humans

Oct. 18, 2022 — Virologists have reverse-engineered an elusive virus linked to chronic kidney disease in cats and described its mechanism of infection, outlining the zoonotic potential of RNA viruses in the ...

Current Vaccine Approach Not Enough to Eradicate Measles

Sep. 13, 2022 — Current vaccination strategies are unlikely to eliminate measles, according to a new study. The paper explores the feasibility of eliminating measles and rubella using predominant vaccination ...

How Lung Cells Protect Themselves Against RNA Viral Infection

Feb. 22, 2023 — A new study uncovers how a protein, APOBEC3B, could protects cells against many different types of RNA viruses like respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), SARS-CoV2, influenza virus, poliovirus and ...

Putting the Brakes on 'Budding' Viruses

July 20, 2022 — Paramyxoviruses have the potential to trigger a devastating pandemic. This family of viruses includes measles, Nipah virus, mumps, Newcastle disease and canine distemper. An international team has ...

Capitalizing on Measles Vaccine's Successful History to Protect Against SARS-CoV-2

Mar. 9, 2021 — A new SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate, developed by giving a key protein's gene a ride into the body while encased in a measles vaccine, has been shown to produce a strong immune response and ...

Trivalent Vaccine Candidate Fights Measles, Mumps, SARS-CoV-2

Oct. 2, 2023 — Altered measles and mumps viruses could be used as a platform to create a trivalent COVID-19 vaccine that triggers immunity to multiple variant strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, new research in ...

NIH Experts Discuss Controlling COVID-19 in Commentary on Herd Immunity

Mar. 31, 2022 — Achieving classical herd immunity against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may not be attainable, according to a new perspective article. However, widespread use of currently available ...

How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Measles Vaccination Rates?

Dec. 17, 2020 — Researchers evaluated changes in measles vaccination rates from before the pandemic to this summer, when return for clinical care was encouraged. Finding a steep and lasting decline, the researchers ...

Scientists Develop Effective Intranasal Mumps-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

July 27, 2022 — New research has advanced COVID-19 vaccine work in several ways: using a modified live attenuated mumps virus for delivery, showing that a more stable coronavirus spike protein stimulates a stronger ...

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'Woman the Hunter': Studies Aim to Correct History

Nov. 20, 2023 — New research combined both physiological and archaeological evidence to argue that not only did prehistoric women engage in the practice of hunting, but their female anatomy and biology would have made them intrinsically better suited for ...

US Men Die 6 Years Before Women, as Life Expectancy Gap Widens

Nov. 14, 2023 — We've known for more than a century that women outlive men. But new research shows that, at least in the United States, the gap has been widening for more than a ...

Any Activity Is Better for Your Heart Than Sitting -- Even Sleeping

Nov. 9, 2023 — Replacing sitting with as little as a few minutes of moderate exercise a day tangibly improves heart health, according to new ...

Brain Implant May Enable Communication from Thoughts Alone

Nov. 6, 2023 — A speech prosthetic developed by a collaborative team of neuroscientists, neurosurgeons and engineers can translate a person's brain signals into what they're trying to say. The new technology might one day help people unable to talk due to ...

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Ultra-Processed Foods and Higher Risk of Mouth, Throat and Esophagus Cancers

Nov. 21, 2023 — Eating more ultra-processed foods (UPFs) may be associated with a higher risk of developing cancers of upper aerodigestive tract (including the ...

Promising Target for CAR T Cells Helps Cancer Trick the Immune System

Nov. 21, 2023 — GRP78 is a promising CAR T-cell immunotherapy target for brain and solid tumors. Discover why it's special, including how cancer uses it to trick immune ...

Decoding Cell Fate: Key Mechanism in Stem Cell Switch Identified

Nov. 24, 2023 — Stem cells can differentiate to replace dead and damaged cells. But how do stem cells decide which type of cell to become in a given situation? Using intestinal organoids, scientists identified a new ...

AI Recognizes the Tempo and Stages of Embryonic Development

Nov. 23, 2023 — How can we reliably and objectively characterize the speed and various stages of embryonic development? With the help of artificial intelligence! Researchers present an automated method. ...

Particulate Pollution from Coal Associated With Double the Risk of Mortality Than PM2.5 from Other Sources

Nov. 23, 2023 — Exposure to fine particulate air pollutants from coal-fired power plants (coal PM2.5) is associated with a risk of mortality more than double that of ...

Lowering a Form of Brain Cholesterol Reduces Alzheimer's-Like Damage in Mice

Nov. 22, 2023 — Researchers have found that a form of cholesterol known as cholesteryl esters builds up in the brains of mice with Alzheimer's-like disease, and that ...

Researchers Develop New Method for Prenatal Genetic Testing

Nov. 22, 2023 — Researchers have developed a non-invasive genetic test that can screen the blood of pregnant individuals to survey all genes from the fetal ...

Survival of the Fittest? New Study Shows How Cancer Cells Use Cell Competition to Evade the Body's Defenses

Nov. 22, 2023 — Cell competition, a defense system orchestrated by epithelial cells to suppress cancer formation, is altered in epithelial cells with sequential ...

Your Eyes Talk to Your Ears. Scientists Know What They're Saying

Nov. 22, 2023 — Scientists can now pinpoint where someone is looking just by listening to their ears. Following a discovery that the ears emit subtle sounds when the eyes move, a new report finds that decoding the ...

Anti-Rheumatic Drugs Could Prevent Thyroid Disease

Nov. 22, 2023 — Anti-rheumatic drugs used for rheumatoid arthritis might prevent the development of autoimmune thyroid disease, according to a new observational ...