News tagged with enveloped virus

New findings detail how virus prepares to infect cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have learned the atomic-scale arrangement of proteins in a structure that enables a virus to invade and fuse with host cells, showing precisely how the structure morphs with changing ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Matrix protein key to fighting viruses

Researchers from Durham University's Centre for Bioactive Chemistry are developing methods that show how proteins interact with cell membranes when a virus strikes. Using their approach, the team hopes to ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A natural approach for HIV vaccine

(PhysOrg.com) -- For 25 years, researchers have tried and failed to develop an HIV vaccine, primarily by focusing on a small number of engineered "super antibodies" to fend off the virus before it takes hold. So far, these ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Mar 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0