Researchers have lab-tested a molecule that can combat the common cold virus by preventing it from hijacking human cells.
Biochemistry
May 14, 2018
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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 about the virus, ...
Biochemistry
Aug 26, 2010
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It's a tragedy of war that innocent bystanders often get caught in the crossfire. But now scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Oxford have shown how a battle for survival at a microscopic level ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 17, 2010
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A University of Wisconsin-Madison research group has converted skin cells from people and monkeys into a cell that can form a wide variety of nervous-system cells—without passing through the do-it-all stage called the induced ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 2, 2013
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(Phys.org) —An international team of scientists have successfully developed a novel compound which early signs suggest might prevent a range of viruses from infecting humans. Researchers from Oxford, Beijing, Leeds and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 10, 2014
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In a laboratory at Michigan State University, scientists took a DIY approach to build a retrofitted cryo-electron microscope that allowed them to map a giant Samba virus – one of the world's largest viruses.
Biochemistry
Mar 28, 2017
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Like a janitor thumbing through a keychain to find just the right key to open a lock, the "rock-and-roll" motion of the canine parvovirus during the binding process may help explain how the virus can find the spot on a receptor ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 24, 2019
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As the popular saying goes, "winter is coming," but is it? Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found clear signs of a decline in frost days, snow covered days and other indicators of winter that could have ...
Ecology
Oct 3, 2019
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A new study by Brigham Young University researchers on the virus behind nearly half of all cold infections explains how and where evolution occurs in the rhinovirus genome and what this means for possible vaccines.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 16, 2009
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Viruses smuggle their genetic material into our cells. How this actually works is currently being investigated at TU Wien (Vienna) using a new combination of analysis methods.
Biochemistry
Jun 20, 2016
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