Found 30 news articles for influenza

…lungs. Severely affected patients will need ventilator assistance in intensive care. COVID-19 has similar characteristics to Influenza A virus (IAV), including damaging lung inflammation. Here macrophages engulf an IAV peptide……  Read more

There is something unusual about the initial–or innate–immune response to COVID-19 compared to usual influenza patterns. Professor Paul Hertzog The disease severity is surprisingly low in children, but high in……  Read more

…in other infections and lung diseases including influenza, are turning their attention to its role in silicosis. “The role of this inflammasome in promoting silicosis disease suggests that its activity……  Read more

…which helps identify the protein responsible for switching genes on or off. CiiiDER is already being used by research scientists to understand gene responses to viruses such as influenza and……  Read more

…answered Associate Professor Michelle Tate investigates how inflammation turns from protector to destroyer in severe and fatal respiratory viral infections including influenza and RSV. By studying this hyperinflammatory response, Associate……  Read more

…and bowel cancers Infections including influenza and malaria Autoimmune disorders, such as Coeliac disease, Lupus and psoriasis Type 1 diabetes Multiple sclerosis Rheumatoid arthritis Rhematic fever Diseases we research Inflammation……  Read more

…autoimmunity and treatments for infection-driven hyperinflammation, such as severe COVID-19 and influenza A infection. A/Prof Gantier was part of an international team that found a genetic cause of the chronic……  Read more

…influenza and E.coli. “Looking at mutations like Mal could provide the basis of a therapeutic target to treat infectious diseases through producing a balanced inflammatory response. “The perfect drug that……  Read more

…treatments for influenza, arthritis and even cancer. Dr Rebecca Ambrose Dr Rebecca Ambrose, now a Hudson Institute postdoctoral scientist, was part of the CSIRO team that discovered the gene, and……  Read more

…viral outbreak to trigger a baseline immune response to an infection, such as SARS or influenza, in at-risk groups. “Acriflavine was used in the first half of the 20th century……  Read more