Decoy molecule neutralizes a range of viruses
The molecule points the way toward treating viruses that cross from animals to humansCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science A host ...
Tag: Virology
Common foods can help ‘landscape’ the jungle of our gut microbiome
Compounds in the foods we eat can trigger phage productionCredit: SDSU Researchers at San Diego State University have found a ...
Less severe cases of diarrheal illness can still lead to child mortality, research shows
Landmark GEMS research could help set path to reduce child mortality linked to diarrheal illnessCredit: University of Maryland School of ...
New Phytopathology journal focus issue emphasizes virological advances
Credit: Decai Tuo and Wentao Shen Viruses cause some of the most important plant diseases worldwide with an estimated $60 ...
New MPMI focus issue seeks to improve management of virus-induced disease in crops
Credit: Taiyun Wei and Aiming Wang Viruses subvert or remodel host cells from the inside, relying on the host cellular ...
Hundreds of novel viruses discovered in insects
Joint press release by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)Credit: Photo: Paraskevopoulou/Charité New viruses ...
A fast and inexpensive device to capture and identify viruses
Credit: Terrones Lab/Penn State A device to quickly capture and identify various strains of virus has been developed, according to ...
Researchers discover how Zika virus remodels its host cell to boost viral production
Credit: Ci et al., 2019 Researchers in China have discovered how a Zika virus protein reshapes its host cell to ...
Immune mystery solved in mice points to better protection from rotavirus in humans
Credit: Jim Oldfield Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered how a brief disruption to a molecular pathway in ...
Why your first battle with flu matters most
The first strain of influenza virus we encounter during childhood sets the course of how our immune system responds to ...
New research shows domestic animals link virus spread among humans and wildlife
How domesticated animals hold key to spread of virusesCredit: Swansea University Our domesticated animals - both pets and livestock - ...
Newly discovered protein gives signal for virus infection
Credit: University of Zurich Viruses have been part of animals and humans for eons. When viruses invade a cell, they ...
Climate change could make RSV respiratory infection outbreaks less severe, more common
Credit: Pixabay One of the first studies to examine the effect of climate change on diseases such as influenza that ...
Free tool simplifies cancer research
Credit: Ulf Sirborn Every cell contains a vast number of proteins, each of which has a specific function, for example ...
Saliva test shows promise for earlier and easier detection of mouth and throat cancer
A novel noninvasive technique may detect human papilloma virus-16, the strain associated with oropharyngeal cancer, in saliva samples, reports The ...
Study pinpoints new drug targets to treat Nipah virus
Credit: Mallur Madhusudhan, CC BY 4.0 Nipah virus, which is transmitted to humans from bats and pigs, has a high ...
SMART and NTU researchers design polymer that can kill drug-resistant bacteria
New polymer may pave the way for developing drugs to which bacteria are significantly less resistant, a breakthrough that could ...
Scales offer insight into chronic stress of fish, University of Guelph research finds
Credit: (University of Guelph) For years, aquatic researchers have sought an easy way to determine when wild fish are under ...
Grapevine red blotch disease threatens US Grape industry
$3 million grant awarded to study causes, impact of grapevine virusCredit: Raul Girardello/UC Davis University of California, Davis, scientists will ...
What blocks bird flu in human cells?
Credit: Selbach Lab, MDC. Normally, bird flu viruses do not spread easily from person to person. But if this does ...
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