Sentences with phrase «for rhinovirus»

Scientists funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have identified a cellular receptor for rhinovirus C, a cold - causing virus that is strongly associated with severe asthma attacks.

In principle, if further tests bear out the protective effects of the two antibodies, then optimized versions of them, or small - molecule drugs that hit the same target, could be developed as treatments for rhinovirus infections.

In their recent study, the researchers took a retrospective look at 697 patients who'd received transplants at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Fred Hutch's clinical care partner, between 1993 and 2015 and who had also tested positive for rhinovirus.

Soups are easy to digest and moisten and lubricate the mucosa in the nose and throat, making it harder for rhinoviruses to penetrate.

Not exact matches

They were then quarantined, exposed to the rhinovirus (also known as the main cause of the common cold) and monitored for five days afterward while the colds took hold.

Her team's next step will be to understand whether certain patients are at higher risk for getting infected with rhinovirus in the first place and to ask if there are other risk factors for pneumonia and other poor outcomes from the infection.

To begin, the team used harmless lentiviruses to distribute the genes for about 100 million distinct antibodies among a similar number of HeLa cells, and later exposed the cells to the rhinovirus.

Rhinovirus, which is responsible for roughly half of all common colds, survives on surfaces in hotel rooms for hours and can be transferred from there to people, a study shows.

While the cellular receptors for other rhinovirus types are known, the rhinovirus C receptor had remained elusive.

A 1975 paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association, for instance, showed that people infected with a common cold virus called the rhinovirus shed more virus particles if they were treated with aspirin than untreated patients.

But rhinovirus C is notably more severe than its relatives, rhinoviruses A and B. Although the virus had likely been infecting people for several thousand years, it was unknown to science until 2006, when it was discovered using new DNA sequencing technologies.

For instance, Liu uncovered physical features of rhinovirus C that help explain why it is resistant to standard antiviral treatments, how it interacts with cells to cause infection, and why it behaves as a different disease from other members of the enterovirus family.

For some people (young children, in particular) rhinovirus C infection can be a precursor or complicating factor for asthFor some people (young children, in particular) rhinovirus C infection can be a precursor or complicating factor for asthfor asthma.

Rhinovirus C infections are also a major contributor to poor outcomes for people with chronic lung conditions like cystic fibrosis, and early exposure to the virus can cause lifelong lung scarring leading to persistent respiratory difficulties later, says Palmenberg.

The findings are published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and provide the foundation for future antiviral drug and vaccine development against the virus, rhinovirus C.

«Rhinovirus C has been the «missing link» in explaining illness caused by the common cold,» says Michael Rossmann, Hanley Distinguished Professor of Biological Science at Purdue and co-lead of the study with UW — Madison's Ann Palmenberg, professor of biochemistry and with the Institute for Molecular Virology.

Furthermore, a genome - wide forward screen with Haplobank identified PLA2G16 as a host factor that is required for cytotoxicity by rhinoviruses, which cause the common cold.

In fact, the rhinovirus and adenovirus account for up to 40 % of sore throat cases alone.

When sneezing and sniffling hit you during cold season, chances are the rhinovirus, or cold virus, is responsible for your symptoms and you may worry you could make your dog sick as well.

Rhinoviruses survive for three hours outside of the body, and can sometimes live for up to 48 hours on touchable surfaces, including everything from door knobs and subway poles to shopping carts and light switches.