Sentences with phrase «effective against some virus»

The PlasmaWave ionization technology attacks pollutants at a molecular level and can even be effective against viruses, bacteria, and gasses in the air.

In contrast to viral proteins, the host targets are less prone to mutations and thus drugs targeting them could be more effective against viruses, which mutate easily.

These vaccines, however, are not effective against viruses — so one solution is selecting parent fish with virus - resistant traits to use as broodstock for salmon egg production.

The researchers» find means that current diagnostic methods, vaccines, and other treatment interventions should remain effective against the virus.

RNAi is effective against viruses and fungal pathogens and can also protect plants against insect pests, reducing the need for chemical pesticides.

So these data from monkeys, Dudley says, suggest «that a vaccine could be quite effective against the virus.»

The study also affirms that a vaccine that evokes the immune system to produce protective antibodies, such as ZIKV - 117, could be effective against the virus.

In addition, the same study found that colloidal silver is not effective against viruses (15).

And yes, some natural antibiotics are even effective against viruses too, unlike drug based antibiotics which only work for bacterial infections.

Perhaps colloidal silver is effective against viruses and some bacteria.

It is also very effective against viruses and yeasts like Candida.

While it's true that antibiotics are not effective against viruses, these medications can destroy invading, opportunistic bacteria that make a dog even sicker while its immune system is fighting off the original virus.

Not exact matches

This UV light is a 99.9 % proven effective treatment against bacteria, viruses, fungi, and mold.

You may have heard that this year's flu shot may isn't very effective against the most dangerous strain of the virus, but it's still worth getting — even this late in the season — for both yourself and your child.

After all, vaccines are effective because they contain weak traces of the viruses they protect against.

A major trial last year showed a prototype vaccine to be «very effective» against the deadly Ebola virus, according to WHO, wich co-funded the study.

Previous research has suggested that antibodies — immune system proteins that can attack viruses — in a mother might be less effective against certain genetic variants of HIV - 1 in her body, thereby allowing for transmission of resistant viruses to her infant at delivery.

Pyrethroids have also played a role in the fight against Aedes aegypti, the main mosquito transmitting the yellow fever, dengue, and Zika viruses, even though bed nets are less effective against A. aegypti because it predominantly bites people outdoors and during the day.

Benzoquinoline was also effective against vesicular stomatitis virus from the rhabdovirus family, which can infect insects, cattle, horses and pigs, and Zika virus, which is spread to humans by mosquitoes.

The method is relatively new, but far bacteria - based vaccines have proven effective: A seasonal flu vaccine produced by VaxInnate successfully protected humans in clinical trials, and the company's recently tested swine flu vaccine immunized mice against the virus.

Remarkably, the researchers also found that blocking this protein in mice protected them from the lethal effects of dengue virus infection, an important finding given that an effective vaccine against dengue has remained elusive, partly because there are four serotypes of the virus that cause disease.

In July in Science Immunology, McDermott and colleagues reported that the stalk antibodies against group 2 of the A viruses appear to be more broadly effective than those against group 1 viruses.

An effective vaccine against the virus that causes genital herpes has evaded researchers for decades.

Additional research is planned in part to determine if targeting metabolism might also be effective against other respiratory viruses, including emerging respiratory viruses or others like respiratory syncytial virus, which causes life - threatening infections in infants.

The researchers believe this difference in B cell distribution among those with uncontrolled HIV adds to a list of reasons most people do not make effective antibodies against the virus.

Because survivors of an Ebola infection would typically have produced effective antibodies against the virus (otherwise they wouldn't have survived), transfusions of their blood into a newly infected individual may help that person survive the often fatal disease.

The results of the clinical trial, which appear in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, show that the treatment is safe and effective against five different viruses, including one for which there was no effective treatment before.

One of the vaccines, which is based on a recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus expressing the glycoprotein of the Zaire strain of the Ebola virus (VSV - ZEBOV), was recently shown to be extremely effective with 100 per cent efficacy against the lethal Ebola virus disease in WHO - funded studies carried out in Guinea and Sierra Leone.

«We need to do everything we can to find effective drugs against the Zika virus, as changes in travel and climate have caused more tropical diseases to move into new parts of the globe,» said Kao, who has also spent 15 years studying the virus that causes hepatitis C.

«As such, the development of effective countermeasures against these viruses is a critical need.»

«Our results provide a roadmap to developing a single antibody - based treatment effective against not only infections caused by Ebola Zaire virus, but also caused by related filoviruses.»

Testing the effectiveness of this molecule in their VLP assay, they found that it reduced the ability of the virus to bud off from human cells in culture by more than 90 percent and was similarly effective against proteins found in Ebola and HIV.

Kang's primary research focuses on designing and developing effective vaccines against viral diseases such as influenza virus and RSV, but he partnered with a university and research institutes in South Korea that wanted international collaborative projects to study if ginseng can be used to improve health and protect against disease because of the potential benefit in fighting these viruses.

A vaccine that protects against the virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) has been shown to be effective in camels, a new study finds.

To make things worse, no antiviral drugs currently available have proven effective against it, and because scientists do not know where the virus resides between outbreaks, environmental control is impossible.

An international research group led by Arizona State University professor Qiang «Shawn» Chen has developed a new generation of potentially safer and more cost - effective therapeutics against West Nile virus, and other pathogens.

Toward a Cure Developing effective treatments against the virus required researchers to understand the structure of the various proteins that formed its outer shell, as well as the precise sequence of its genetic material, which is made up of RNA — a process that took the better part of the 1990s and involved researchers working around the globe in government, academia and industry.

The same microRNAs were also effective against Semliki Forest Virus, a mosquito - borne pathogen with a very different life cycle and genetic makeup.

Moreover, they found that distinct HA mutations are evolving in the H7N9 virus indicating that currently recommended H7 vaccines would not be effective against this newly emerged virus.

«Repurposed drug found to be effective against Zika virus: Researchers say findings support further investigation as potential treatment for Zika - infected adults.»

«Right now, there is no vaccine to protect against the H7N9 virus, and our findings could guide efforts to develop effective vaccine strategies,» Sasisekharan says.

The drug works by inhibiting replication of the hepatitis C virus; researchers noted that both hepatitis C and Zika belong to the same viral family and bore strong structural similarities that could make sofosbuvir effective against the latter.

To harness the power of bacteriophages and develop effective therapies against bacteria like C.diff, scientists need to know exactly how these viruses destroy bacterial cell walls.

While a vaccine against the virus is recently available commercially, its effectiveness is limited as it is not effective against all the four dengue viral subtypes, and there are no alternative therapeutics yet.

The vaccine, a DNA vaccine, is safer and more effective against Zika virus and could offer more affordable long - term protection, researchers said.

Of 14 antisense oligonucleotide sequences (ASOs) tested against Influenza A virus in a study by University researchers Luis Martinez - Sobrido and Douglas Turner and their collaborators, five were most effective.

While an effective vaccine against the virus has been developed and will likely be approved, there are no drugs available to treat Ebola infections.

«It also was effective against known drug - resistant strains of the HIV virus, making it a very promising candidate for further development into a new HIV drug.»

The current vaccine only protects against one strain of the virus and no effective anti-viral medications exist for people who are already infected.

«These findings certainly raise optimism that the development of a safe and effective vaccine against Zika virus for humans may be successful,» he said.