News tagged with adenovirus
'I'm a tumor and I'm over here!' Nanovaults used to prod immune system to fight cancer (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA scientists have discovered a way to wake up the immune system to fight cancer by delivering an immune system-stimulating protein in a nanoscale container called a vault directly into ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 03, 2011 |
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Novel nanotechnology collaboration leads to breakthrough in cancer research
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most difficult aspects of working at the nanoscale is actually seeing the object being worked on. Biological structures like viruses, which are smaller than the wavelength of light, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 01, 2010 |
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Study brings diagnostics for viruses a step closer to reality
Scientists have developed a technique which could form the basis of a non-invasive diagnostic for Adenovirus – the virus responsible for a large number of common illnesses.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Feb 14, 2012 |
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Nanoparticles for gene therapy improve
(PhysOrg.com) -- About five years ago, Professor Janet Sawicki at the Lankenau Institute in Pennsylvania read an article about nanoparticles developed by MIT's Robert Langer for gene therapy, the insertion ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Researcher may have contracted virus carried by monkeys
It's the stuff of doomsday movies: A new virus jumps from animals to people, with ominous possibilities. At the California National Primate Research Center at the University of California, Davis, last year, a newly identified ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Scientists unveil structure of adenovirus, the largest high-resolution complex ever found
After more than a decade of research, Scripps Research Institute scientists have pieced together the structure of a human adenovirus—the largest complex ever determined at atomic resolution. The new findings ...
Aug 26, 2010 |
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Study offers insights into failed HIV-1 vaccine trial
Following the disbandment of the STEP trial to test the efficacy of the Merck HIV-1 vaccine candidate in 2007, the leading explanation for why the vaccine was ineffective - and may have even increased susceptibility to acquiring ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 20, 2009 |
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HIV vaccine failure probably caused by virus used, says new research
The recent failure of an HIV vaccine was probably caused by the immune system reacting to the virus 'shell' used to transmit the therapy around the body, according to research published today in the Proceedings of the Na ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Manipulated gatekeeper: How viruses find their way into the cell nucleus
Adenoviruses cause respiratory diseases and are more dangerous for humans than previously assumed. They manipulate gatekeeper molecules and infiltrate the cell nucleus with the aid of the host cell. A team of researchers ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Scavenger cells accomplices to viruses
Mucosal epithelia do not have any receptors on the outer membrane for the absorption of viruses like hepatitis C, herpes, the adenovirus or polio, and are thus well-protected against pathogenic germs. However, certain viruses, ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Scientists isolate portion of virus that causes pink eye
Viral keratoconjunctivitis, also known as pink eye, is a common, uncomfortable and highly contagious condition. There is no known effective treatment for this adenovirus infection that can force some individuals into isolation ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Gene therapy appears safe to regenerate gum tissue
Scientists at the University of Michigan have developed a method of gene delivery that appears safe for regenerating tooth-supporting gum tissue -- a discovery that assuages one of the biggest safety concerns surrounding ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Oncolytic viruses mediating anti-tumor immunity in human cancer patients
The researchers of the University of Helsinki, and Oncos Therapeutics, the biotech company developing new cancer therapeutics based on the next generation oncolytic viruses, published initial results from their Advanced Therapy ...
May 18, 2010 |
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Adenoviridae
Adenoviruses are medium-sized (90–100 nm), nonenveloped (without an outer lipid bilayer) icosahedral viruses composed of a nucleocapsid and a double-stranded linear DNA genome. There are 57 described serotypes in humans, which are responsible for 5–10% of upper respiratory infections in children, and many infections in adults as well.
Viruses of the family Adenoviridae infect various species of vertebrates, including humans. Adenoviruses were first isolated in 1953 from human adenoids. They are classified as group I under the Baltimore classification scheme, meaning their genomes consist of double stranded DNA.
For more information about Adenoviridae, read the full article at
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