Researchers recreate SARS virus, open door for potential defenses against future strains
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have synthetically reconstructed the bat variant of the SARS coronavirus (CoV) that caused the SARS epidemic of 2003.
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SARS Reviewed (p 1730)
Authors from WHO describe the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in a Public Health article in this week's issue of THE LANCET. SARS is a new disease in human beings, first recognised in late February, 2003, in Hanoi, Vietnam. The severity of the disease, combined with its rapid spread along international air-travel routes,... view more... (2003-05-14)
SARS: No evidence that any of the treatments worked
The SARS virus set alarm bells ringing across the world when it first appeared in 2002, but now a review of the effectiveness of the treatments used against it has found no evidence that any of them worked. view more (2006-09-12)
Variants Of SARS Virus Gives Clues To Origin Of Infection
A genetic study of the SARS virus fast-tracked for publication on THE LANCET's website-www.thelancet.com-gives an insight into the molecular behaviour of the novel coronavirus responsible for SARS. Comparison of a virus isolate from Singapore with isolates from other countries where SARS has struck suggests that there are main components of the... view more... (2003-05-08)
Sars Could Have Less Serious Effects On Young Children
Early online publication: Tuesday 29 April 2003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Preliminary findings from Hong Kong investigators fast-tracked for publication on THE LANCET's website-www.thelancet.com - outline how severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) may have a less serious effect on young children compared with teenagers and adults. There have been... view more... (2003-04-28)
EMERGING STRONGER FROM THE CHINA CRISIS (p 1311)
Issue 19 April 2003 Embargoed 0001 h (London time) 18 April 2003 This week's Lancet Editorial comments on how China can learn from mistakes made in its handling of the SARS crisis-especially in relation to the increasing prevalence of HIV/AIDS. 'China's lack of openness about SARS is unfortunately reminiscent of its historic response to other... view more... (2003-04-16)
Restricting hospital-based services during SARS outbreak had modest impact
Restrictions on the non-urgent use of hospital-based services that were imposed when a provincial health emergency was declared during the 2003 SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak in Toronto, Ontario, resulted in only modest reductions in overall admissions. view more (2007-06-19)
Protein from algae shows promise for stopping SARS
A protein from algae may have what it takes to stop Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) infections, according to new research. view more (2009-05-21)
Finding SARS-CoV virus in many parts of the body leads to calls for more stringent infection control measures
New research in two papers published this week in The Journal of Pathology gives greater insight into why the virus is so deadly, and shows that it could transfer from person to person via breath, urine, faeces and even sweat. Searching for SARS Scientists in China used markers that only bind to SARS-CoV to analyse tissues from four people who had... view more... (2004-05-05)
SARS From Outer Space? (p 1832)
An alternative theory to the origin of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is proposed by scientists in a letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET--that the disease may have originated in outer space. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Cardiff University, UK, and colleagues describe how around a tonne of bacteria is deposited on the earth every... view more... (2003-05-21)
Surprising gene discovery
Researchers at the University of Bergen are now able to present new information on the HOX genes - the "software" to design animals. The findings are published in today's issue of Nature. view more (2004-09-10)
Study Identifies Risk Factors for Spread of Respiratory Infections in Hospitals
The 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in China has lessons to teach hospitals on how to prevent the spread of other respiratory diseases, according to new research appearing in the April 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, currently available online. view more (2007-03-16)
Casting a wide net to fight coronaviruses
Coronaviruses-the family of viruses that causes the common cold-gained widespread recognition when the deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome, familiarly known as SARS, killed at least 800 people in 2003. view more (2005-09-06)
RESULTS OF FIRST MAJOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF SARS SHOW EARLY HOSPITAL ADMISSION KEY TO TACKLING EPIDEMIC
Early online publication: Wednesday 7 May 2003 Embargo: 0001 H (London time) Wednesday 7 May 2003 Research by UK epidemiologists and scientists from Hong Kong reports results of the first major epidemiological study about severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Authors of the study highlight how concerted efforts to reduce the time from the... view more... (2003-05-06)
SARS survivors recover from physical illness, but may experience mental health decline
Most patients who survived severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) had good physical recovery, but they or their caregivers often reported a decline in mental health one year later. view more (2007-06-26)
Scientists unlock more secrets of HIV and SARS
UK scientists have cracked one of the key biological processes used by viruses such as HIV and SARS when they replicate. view more (2006-05-11)
Synthetic virus supports a bat origin for SARS
SARS - severe acute respiratory syndrome - alarmed the world five years ago as the first global pandemic of the 21st century. The coronavirus (SARS-CoV) that sickened more than 8,000 people - and killed nearly 800 of them - may have originated in bats, but the actual animal source is not known. view more (2008-11-26)
News alert - Commission to invest EUR9 million into research for SARS prevention
Today in Brussels, European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin announced that at least EUR9 million will be made available to fund new research to help tackle Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). As the gathering of data on the transmissibility and pathogenesis of the SARS virus continues, much knowledge is still lacking concerning the... view more... (2003-07-03)
2-pronged protein attack could be source of SARS virulence
Ever since the previously unknown SARS virus emerged from southern China in 2003, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston virologists have focused on finding the source of the pathogen's virulence - its ability to cause disease. view more (2009-10-30)
Setting the Stage to Find Drugs Against SARS
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have set the stage for the rapid identification of compounds to fight against severe acquired respiratory syndrome (SARS), the atypical pneumonia responsible for about 800 deaths worldwide since first recognized in late 2002. view more (2006-11-20)
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