Pandemic’s Hidden Impact: New Study Uncovers Startling Rise in Girls Entering Puberty Early

Pandemic’s Hidden Impact: New Study Uncovers Startling Rise in Girls Entering Puberty Early

TEHRAN (ANA)- A recent study by the University of Genoa revealed that during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a noticeable rise in the number of girls diagnosed with precocious puberty, a condition where children mature physically at an earlier age.
Can Immunity from Routine Vaccines Be Used to Fight Cancer?

Can Immunity from Routine Vaccines Be Used to Fight Cancer?

TEHRAN (ANA)- A University of Massachusetts Amherst team has demonstrated in theory that a protein antigen from a childhood vaccine can be delivered into the cells of a malignant tumor to refocus the body's immune system against the cancer, effectively halting it and preventing its recurrence.
Engineers Design More Powerful RNA Vaccines

Engineers Design More Powerful RNA Vaccines

TEHRAN (ANA)- By adding synergistic self-adjuvanting properties to Covid-19 RNA vaccines, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology showed they could significantly boost the immune response generated in mice.
Iranian Researchers Produce Recombinant Bird Flu Vaccine

Iranian Researchers Produce Recombinant Bird Flu Vaccine

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iranian researchers at the University of Tehran and Ferdowsi University of Mashhad for the first time in an inter-university collaboration succeeded in producing a recombinant H9N2 bird flu vaccine by using genetic engineering.
Fantastical World of Potential Giant Viruses Lurks beneath Soil

Fantastical World of Potential Giant Viruses Lurks beneath Soil

TEHRAN (ANA)- New images by the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg reveal the varied — and sometimes whimsical — shapes of hundreds of potential soil-dwelling giant viruses.
Iranian Company Produces Anti-Pimple Ointment Using Nanomaterials

Iranian Company Produces Anti-Pimple Ointment Using Nanomaterials

TEHRAN (ANA)- A technology company in Iran has started using nanomaterials in producing anti-pathogen ointment and also creams to reduce the appearance of pimples on the body.
Iranian Knowledge-Based Firm Produces Kits to Swiftly Detect 3 Diseases in Dogs, Cats

Iranian Knowledge-Based Firm Produces Kits to Swiftly Detect 3 Diseases in Dogs, Cats

TEHRAN (ANA)- A group of researchers at an Iranian knowledge-based company has successfully acquired the know-how to produce diagnostic kits for three types of dangerous diseases in dogs and cats.
Viruses Could Reshuffle Carbon Cycle in Warming World

Viruses Could Reshuffle Carbon Cycle in Warming World

TEHRAN (ANA)- Microbes play important roles in ecosystems, and these roles are changing with global warming, scientists at the Duke University found.
WHO Declares End to Global COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

WHO Declares End to Global COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

TEHRAN (ANA)- COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency, the World Health Organization announced.
Bird Flu Can Jump to Mammals. Should We Worry?

Bird Flu Can Jump to Mammals. Should We Worry?

TEHRAN (ANA)- An uncomfortable truth is that there is another influenza pandemic in humankind’s future, scientists at the University of Sydney said.
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