Over the last few decades, the development of nasal vaccines has been used to deliver treatment for various diseases, including COVID-19. The concept of vaccines began centuries ago when a physician, ...

Most vaccines — and boosters — are injected directly into muscle tissue, usually in the upper arm, to kickstart the body’s immune system in the fight against disease. But for respiratory diseases like ...

There are no current therapies designed to improve protection against multiple different respiratory viruses Engineered nanobodies improved protection against multiple viruses by bolstering ...

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) readily transmits in close contact through respiratory droplets. The nasal cavity is the primary site of viral entry; thus, SARS-CoV-2 ...

A new fluorescent imaging probe can for the first time objectively and non-invasively measure loss of smell, clinically known as anosmia. Targeting the olfactory nerve, the new tool has potential to ...

In a multi-institutional study published today in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported that engineered bispecific nanobodies successfully ...

Winter is often associated with an increase in flu and other respiratory infections, but its impact on lung health goes beyond the circulation of viruses. During the colder months, the respiratory ...

Early on in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the loss of smell was found to be a robust symptom consistently observed during the acute phase of infection. This effect was attributed ...

Buried in your body is a tribute to a long-dead Italian anatomist, and he is not the only one. You are walking around with the names of strangers stitched into your bones, brains, and organs. We all ...