Nebraska virologists discover safer potential Zika vaccine
New mechanism could be 'huge leap' for immunologyCredit: Craig Chandler | University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers may have ...
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RNA proofreading mistakes drive group of autoimmune diseases
Discovery offers new targets to treat Singleton-Merten syndrome, Aicardi-Goutières syndrome, familial chilblain lupus and moreCredit: Courtesy of Scripps Research JUPITER, ...
Scientists synthesize molecule capable of eliminating hepatitis C virus
The compound called GA-Hecate also acts on bacteria, fungi and cancer cells and will be tested against Zika and yellow ...
Game over for Zika? KU Leuven researchers develop promising vaccine
Scientists at the KU Leuven Rega Institute in Belgium have developed a new vaccine against the Zika virus. This vaccine ...
Uncovering a key mechanism in assembly of Avian Sarcoma Virus, a relative of HIV-1
This 100-year-old oncogenic virus often used to study HIV-1, and understanding the molecular basis of binding informs ways to prevent ...
Register for the JGI 14th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting
The DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) 14th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting takes place April 2-5, 2019 at ...
A versatile vaccine that can protect mice from emerging tick-borne viruses
Credit: VanBlargan et al./Cell Reports A group of researchers led by Michael Diamond of Washington University School of Medicine in ...
Sofosbuvir rids organism of chikungunya and yellow fever viruses
The medication is already used to treat hepatitis C and has passed all human use approval tests, so it can ...
NJIT researchers shine new light on disease-spreading mosquitoes
Credit: NJIT When the West Nile virus (WNV) was initially isolated in two patients at a Queens, N.Y., hospital in ...
Septin proteins act as cellular police to identify, imprison and kill 'superbug' Shigella
Ground-breaking discovery reveals new clues to stop the spread of deadly infections Using state-of-the art technologies to image human cells ...
Researchers discover new interactions between Ebola virus and human proteins
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Several new connections have been discovered between the proteins of the Ebola virus and human host ...
Control HIV by treating schistosomiasis, new study suggests
Credit: Wetzel and Shaefer, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, 2001 Of the 34 million people worldwide with HIV, and the 200 ...
HIV vaccine protects non-human primates from infection
LA JOLLA, CA - For more than 20 years, scientists at Scripps Research have chipped away at the challenges of ...
Memory B cells in the lung may be important for more effective influenza vaccinations
Up to now, it has not been clear if these cells might be useful to combat influenza infections or even ...