Breakthrough in coronavirus research results in new map to support vaccine design
Credit: Vivian Abagiu/Univ. of Texas at Austin Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the National Institutes of ...
Tag: Virology
Researchers show how Ebola virus hijacks host lipids
The VP40 protein, encoded by one of Ebola's seven genes, has a region that is crucial for binding to the ...
Atomic structures mapped in measles, mumps, flu and RSV
Discovery could give insight into coronavirus, which has similar features and functionsCredit: Northwestern University First study to map atomic structure ...
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 ...
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 ...
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