For evolutionary study finds rare bats in decline, CCNY research
Credit: Photo credit: Skanda de Saram. A study led by Susan Tsang, a former Fulbright Research Fellow from The City ...
Tag: Virology
New pathogenic mechanism for influenza NS1 protein found
Influenza NS1 can bind with the cell's RIG-I protein, blocking the innate immune responseCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Influenza is ...
Tourists pose continued risks for disease transmission to endangered mountain gorillas
Researchers at Ohio University, Ugandan scientists caution that humans place gorillas at risk of disease transmissionCredit: Nancy J. Stevens ATHENS, ...
Huge bacteria-eating viruses close gap between life and non-life
Large bacteriophages carry bacterial genes, including CRISPR and ribosomal proteinsCredit: UC Berkeley image courtesy of Jill Banfield lab Scientists have ...
Coronavirus outbreak raises question: Why are bat viruses so deadly?
Bats' fierce immune systems drive viruses to higher virulence, making them deadlier in humansCredit: Photo courtesy of Linfa Wang, Duke ...
Penn State receives five-year $3.7 million grant to study virus evolution
Credit: Terrones lab/Penn State The evolution of viruses will be the focus of a five-year $3.7 million dollar grant from ...
New details on how a viral protein puts the brakes on virus replication
Credit: Joe Mendoza/CSU Photography An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Colorado State University has used computational chemistry, biochemistry and virology ...
Recognise and control new variants of the deadly Ebola virus more quickly
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) The situation is extraordinary: there have only ever been four declarations ...
First comprehensive survey of virus DNA found within cancer cells
Credit: Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Researchers from the University of East Anglia have helped to carry out the first ...
Institut Pasteur isolates strains of coronavirus 2019-nCoV detected in France
Credit: Institut Pasteur/CNR for Respiratory Viruses at the Institut Pasteur As well as sequencing the whole genome of coronavirus 2019-nCoV, ...
Institut Pasteur sequences the whole genome of the Wuhan coronavirus, 2019-nCoV
Credit: Institut Pasteur / CNR of respiratory infection viruses. On January 24, 2020, the French Ministry of Health confirmed the ...
A new treatment strategy against MERS
Licensed drugs effective in cellsCredit: Photo: Müller/Charité Joint press release by Charité and the DZIF First identified in 2012, the ...
Consequences of Zika virus attack on glial cells
Brazilian publication unravels the effects of Zika on astrocytes, one of the most damaged cells during the virus infectionCredit: Taken ...
NIAID officials discuss novel Coronavirus that recently emerged in China
Research underway to address latest viral threatCredit: NIAID The new cluster of viral pneumonia cases originating in Wuhan, China, marks ...
Here, there and everywhere: Large and giant viruses abound globally
JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant virusesCredit: Zosia Rostomian/Berkeley Lab While the microbes in a ...
Mosquito-borne diseases could be prevented by skin cream
Credit: University of Leeds A skin cream used to treat warts and skin cancer could help protect people against viral ...
Most rehabilitating sea turtles with infectious tumors don’t survive
Study examines survival rates of green sea turtles with different fibropapillomatosis tumor scores in rehabilitation facilitiesCredit: The Turtle Hospital Caused ...
Mason researchers Narayanan and Veneziano receive funding to build better vaccines
Credit: George Mason University George Mason University's Aarthi Narayanan, Associate Professor, College of Science and the National Center for Biodefense ...
Researchers develop first diagnostic test for novel coronavirus in China
A joint press release by Charité and the DZIFCredit: Photo: Dr. Fred Murphy & Sylvia Whitfield/CDC Researchers from the German ...
HIV ‘hotspots’ not necessarily major drivers of new infections
Credit: Kate Grabowski Areas of high HIV prevalence, known as 'hotspots', do not necessarily fuel the epidemic in the wider ...
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