HK Researchers Find Chemicals That Could Counter SARS
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Scientists in Hong Kong say they may have found a series of chemicals that could counter the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and other viruses.
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Scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, discovered the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has an unusual molecular structure that looks like a promising target for antiviral drugs, a UCSC press release said Monday.
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Scientists at Johnson &amp; Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, LLC, have identified a novel anti-tuberculosis (TB) compound that works better and faster than the current standard of care in mouse models of TB infection.
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Scientists in Hong Kong and China  said on Wednesday they have developed a test to detect bird flu  infections in humans within hours, which could give health  officials an important tool for controlling the killer virus.
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Virologists from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium report that chloroquine, a widely used antimalarial drug, exhibits antiviral activity against the SARS coronavirus.
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The anti-malaria drug chloroquine could be used to treat the SARS respiratory illness which killed hundreds of people last year, virologists at the Belgian Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) said on Friday.
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Using a novel research technique, Hong Kong scientists find new ways to attack a deadly disease
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A chemical specially designed to thwart how the AIDS virus invades during sex offers scientists a new lead in the long quest for a vaginal gel that women could apply to protect themselves when men don't use a condom.    The experimental drug isn't ready for human testing yet, but it provided potent protection to female monkeys exposed to large amounts of an AIDS virus, researchers reported Thursday in the journal Science...
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A molecule which may protect against food allergy has been identified.
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SANTA CRUZ, CA--Research on the genome of the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has revealed an unusual molecular structure that looks like a promising target for antiviral drugs.
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Scientists in Hong Kong said yesterday they had devised a new way to identify chemicals that can counter new and dangerous viruses, such as SARS, and these chemicals may be developed into drugs.
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Chinese scientists have developed a new vaccine to prevent the spread of bird flu, according to state media.
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Advanced X-ray technology has helped scientists spot a new target that drug designers might use to attack the dreaded bird flu virus.
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A drug used to treat malaria for the past 60 years has been found effective against SARS coronavirus, according to researchers from Belgium.
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Taiwan researchers said Thursday they have successfully tested 10 new sugar-fat compounds they believe will inhibit cancer growth while prolonging patients&#39; survival time with limited side effects.
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Researchers have been studying severe acute respiratory syndrome since it was first recognized in 2002. It killed 774 people worldwide before being contained by quarantine, patient isolation and travel restrictions.
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Scientists find a way to make cells effectively immune to flu and other viruses.