Hacker News with Generative AI: Viruses

Antiviral chewing gum to reduce influenza and herpes simplex virus transmission (penntoday.upenn.edu)
Researchers at Penn Dental Medicine and collaborators have used a clinical-grade antiviral chewing gum to substantially reduce viral loads of two herpes simplex viruses and two influenza A strains in experimental models.

Antiviral, Medicine, Health, Viruses, Research

182 points by gnabgib 16 days ago | 88 comments

Pair of common viruses may trigger Alzheimer's disease (newatlas.com)
A fascinating collaborative study in 2022, between researchers at the University of Oxford and Tufts University, suggested two common viruses could be working in tandem to trigger the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer's Disease, Viruses, Science, Health, Research

8 points by dabinat 58 days ago | 0 comments

Trillions of Viruses Live in Your Body. A.I. Is Trying to Find Them. (nytimes.com)
The viruses we know best are the ones that make us sick — the influenza viruses that send us to bed and the smallpox viruses that may send us to the grave.

Viruses, Artificial Intelligence, Human Body, Science, Health

6 points by bookofjoe 65 days ago | 1 comments

US's WHO Exit Throws Smallpox Defenses into Upheaval (nytimes.com)
President Trump’s order that the United States exit the World Health Organization could undo programs meant to ensure the safety, security and study of a deadly virus that once took half a billion lives, experts warn.

Politics, Health, Global Health, Viruses, Pandemic

17 points by rbanffy 70 days ago | 5 comments

H5N1 bird flu spills over again; Nevada cows hit with different, deadly strain (arstechnica.com)
Cows in Nevada have been infected with a strain of H5N1 bird flu different from the strain detected in all other herds to this point in the ongoing dairy outbreak.

Agriculture, Disease Outbreaks, Livestock, Viruses, Nevada

32 points by ndsipa_pomu 79 days ago | 0 comments

A Missing Link Between Concussion and Alzheimer's (nautil.us)
Viruses may play a surprising part

Health, Alzheimer's Disease, Concussion, Viruses

61 points by dnetesn 88 days ago | 7 comments

What Is the HMPV Virus Surging in China? (forbes.com)
Plenty of viruses are having their strongest season in years. Flu, norovirus and RSV are all surging across numerous countries, including the United States. In northern China, a common illness called human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, is on the rise and sparking global headlines.

Viruses, China, Health, Respiratory Infections

7 points by bloomingkales 109 days ago | 1 comments

Scientists Discover Common Virus Could Be Causing a Type of Alzheimer's (sciencealert.com)
Researchers have discovered a link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and the development of Alzheimer's disease in some people.

Science, Medicine, Alzheimer's Disease, Viruses

5 points by Jimmc414 110 days ago | 3 comments

H5N1: Much More Than You Wanted to Know (astralcodexten.com)
What is the H5N1 bird flu? Will it cause the next big pandemic? If so, how bad would that pandemic be?

Science, Public Health, Pandemics, Viruses

96 points by feross 115 days ago | 112 comments

'Obelisks': New class of life has been found in human digestive system (sciencealert.com)
Peering into the jungle of microbes that live within us, researchers have stumbled across what seem to be an entire new class of virus-like objects.

Microbiology, Biology, Human Body, Viruses

476 points by unkeen 117 days ago | 134 comments

CDC says H5N1 sample shows mutations that may help virus bind to upper airways (statnews.com)
Genetic sequences of H5N1 bird flu viruses collected from a person in Louisiana who became severely ill show signs of development of several mutations thought to affect the virus’ ability to attach to cells in the upper airways of humans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.

Health, Viruses, Public Health, Bird Flu, Mutations

5 points by ck2 119 days ago | 0 comments

'Obelisks': New Class of Life Has Been Found in the Human Digestive Sys (sciencealert.com)
Peering into the jungle of microbes that live within us, researchers have stumbled across what seem to be an entire new class of virus-like objects.

Biology, Microbiology, Viruses, Human Body, Science

10 points by SMAAART 123 days ago | 1 comments

Long Fatigue: The exhaustion that lingers after an infection (bbc.com)
Before long Covid there was post-viral fatigue – a mysterious set of illnesses caused by other infections. Now scientists are starting to unravel its secrets.

Health, Science, Fatigue, Viruses

113 points by amichail 153 days ago | 92 comments

Scientists Film 'Giant' Mimivirus in Action (tus.ac.jp)
For the first time, we can see footage of a 'giant' virus as it infects a cell

Science, Viruses, Biology, Microscopy

4 points by geox 163 days ago | 0 comments

A new virus-like entity has just been discovered. 'Obelisks' explained (theconversation.com)
Biological entities called obelisks have been hiding – in large numbers – inside the human mouth and gut.

Biology, Science, Viruses

5 points by melenaboija 163 days ago | 0 comments

Hidden Players: the bacteria-killing viruses of the gut microbiome (nature.com)
Viruses known as bacteriophages are difficult to study, but they are beginning to give up their secrets.

Microbiology, Viruses, Gut Microbiome, Bacteriophages, Science

3 points by gnabgib 177 days ago | 0 comments

A Bird Flu Vaccine Might Come Too Late to Save Us from H5N1 (scientificamerican.com)
H5N1 bird flu is here. It’s moving from animals to people in ways not seen before. It’s spreading to new species and new places, and this spread is largely happening under the radar.

Public Health, Pandemics, Viruses, Science

3 points by ctoth 177 days ago | 1 comments

AI scans RNA 'dark matter' and uncovers 70k new viruses (nature.com)

AI, Viruses, RNA, Biology, Science

7 points by gmays 190 days ago | 0 comments

Your showerhead and toothbrush are teeming with viruses (cnn.com)

Health, Viruses, Hygiene

4 points by peutetre 197 days ago | 1 comments

Studies suggest a drug-free nasal spray could ward off respiratory infections (medicalxpress.com)
A new study details how a nasal spray formulated by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital may work to protect against viral and bacterial respiratory infections.

Medical Research, Nasal Spray, Respiratory Infections, Viruses, Bacteria

133 points by PaulHoule 203 days ago | 105 comments

Chinese children were most likely infected by a lab leaked poliovirus in 2014 (twitter.com)

Public Health, China, Polio, Viruses, Conspiracy Theories

7 points by haltingproblem 226 days ago | 0 comments

Poliovirus that infected a Chinese child in 2014 may have leaked from a lab (science.org)

Science, Viruses, China, Public Health

46 points by nextos 230 days ago | 24 comments

Newly discovered antibody protects against all Covid-19 variants (medicalxpress.com)
Researchers have discovered an antibody able to neutralize all known variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, as well as distantly related SARS-like coronaviruses that infect other animals.

COVID-19, Medical Research, Antibodies, Viruses, Pandemics

59 points by toss1 233 days ago | 2 comments

Engineered Virus Steals Proteins from HIV, Pointing to New Therapy (nytimes.com)

Viruses, HIV, Medical Research, Therapeutics

3 points by aussieguy1234 260 days ago | 2 comments

What to Know About the Deadly Nipah Virus as India Races to Contain an Outbreak (forbes.com)

Public Health, Viruses, India, Outbreaks

4 points by walterbell 275 days ago | 0 comments

Study shows ancient viruses fuel modern-day cancers (phys.org)

Cancer, Viruses, Science, Biology, Health

15 points by XzetaU8 277 days ago | 0 comments

WHO confirms first fatal human case of bird flu A(H5N2) (reuters.com)