News tagged with antiviral effect

Tenofovir gel provides high level of protection against HIV in rectal tissue

A gel developed to protect against HIV during vaginal sex produced a strong antiviral effect when used in the rectum, according to an early-phase study presented today at the 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find human protein that prevents H1N1 influenza infection

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have identified a naturally occurring human protein that helps prevent infection by H1N1 influenza and other viruses, including West Nile and dengue virus.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1




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Manufacturing genes to attack flu virus

An international research team has manufactured a new protein that can combat deadly flu epidemics.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pig stomach mucins are effective as anti-viral agents for consumer products

Mucus often elicits strong revulsion, but to MIT biological engineer Katharina Ribbeck, it is a fascinating material. 

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Inside a plant's pharma factory

A newly discovered enzyme brings scientists one step closer to understanding how plants manufacture a molecule with potent medicinal properties.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

To drive infections, a hijacking virus mimics a cell's signaling system

New biological research reveals how an invading virus hijacks a cell's workings by imitating a signaling marker to defeat the body's defenses. By manipulating cell signals, the virus destroys a defensive protein designed ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Opinion: H5N1 flu is just as dangerous as feared, now requires action

The debate about the potential severity of an outbreak of airborne H5N1 influenza in humans needs to move on from speculation and focus instead on how we can safely continue H5N1 research and share the results among researchers, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Copper iodide nanoparticles effective against 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus

Copper-iodide nanoparticles have long-lasting antiviral activity against the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, according to a paper in the February issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Acquired traits can be inherited via small RNAs

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have found the first direct evidence that an acquired trait can be inherited without any DNA involvement. The findings suggest that Lamarck, whose theory of evolution ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Surprises of the measles virus structure with new 3d model

Professor Sarah Butcher's research group from Helsinki University's Institute of Biotechnology report in the 24th October online issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a three-dimensional model ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Structure of a molecular copy machine: How mitochondrial genes are transcribed

Mitochondria are compartments within cells and have their own DNA. The key protein required for the expression of the genetic information in this DNA is the mitochondrial RNA polymerase enzyme. Its three-dimensional structure ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The unexpected relatives of smallpox

(PhysOrg.com) -- A protein shared by the simple viruses that infect single-cell organisms, and their highly complex counterparts that affect mammals, could hold to the key to understanding and ultimately neutralising ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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