Researchers propose that the COVID-19 virus acts as a microRNA "sponge" to deplete miRNA levels in ways that aid viral replication and stymie the host immune response
Labs and equipment used for monitoring of plant and animal diseases could easily be adapted for diagnostic testing and tracing in a human pandemic or epidemic
EPFL researchers have developed a filter "paper" made from titanium oxide nanowires which is capable of trapping pathogens and destroying them with light