Month: May 2022

Three children in Indonesia have died from a mysterious hepatitis which, if confirmed, would bring the global death toll to at least four. The country's health ministry said the victims died from 'suspected acute hepatitis' last month and were all located in the capital of Jakarta. Their symptoms included nausea, vomiting, heavy diarrhea, fever, jaundice, seizures and loss of consciousness — all tell-tale signs of the deadly liver disease. Tests are underway to confirm their cause of death. Indonesia has not officially logged any cases of hepatitis since the outbreak began.  The ages of the children have not been revealed and it is not clear if they had underlying health conditions. More than 200 child hepatitis cases of unknown origin have been confirmed worldwide in the mystery outbreak...

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Veronique Beiss, who is the study’s first author, prepares a tray of plants to produce cowpea mosaic virus nanoparticles. Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Cowpea mosaic virus, a plant virus that infects legumes, has a special power that you may not be aware of: when injected into a tumor, it activates the immune system to treat the cancer—even metastatic cancer—and prevent it from returning. Researchers at the University of California San Diego and Dartmouth College have spent the last seven years studying and testing cowpea mosaic virus—in the form of nanoparticles—as a cancer immunotherapy and have reported encouraging results in lab mice and companion dog patients. Its effectiveness has been unrivaled by other cancer-fighting techniques examined ...