News tagged with human rhinovirus

UQ researcher on the hunt for viruses

(PhysOrg.com) -- UQ scientist Ian Mackay is always on the lookout for that lucky find - well, if you consider unknown strains of the common cold virus lucky.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Biologists use genetic analysis to pinpoint source of cheese contamination

By carefully analyzing the genetics of specific bacteria killers, a BYU research team has been able to pinpoint where cheese contamination starts.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Studies reveal structure of EV71, a virus causing childhood illnesses

Researchers have discovered critical new details about the structure of a virus that causes potentially fatal brain swelling and paralysis in children, pointing toward designs for antiviral drugs to treat ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reclaimed Riddle

(PhysOrg.com) -- It was the "yuck factor" of reclaimed water that got Karyna Rosario thinking. As communities increasingly turn to reclaimed water as a source for irrigation - and some communities consider ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Catching the common cold virus genome

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.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sequences capture the code of the common cold

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to confront our most familiar malady, scientists have deciphered the instruction manual for the common cold.

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created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 4

New vaccine developed for preventing 'uncommon cold' virus

Common colds typically cause a week of sneezing, aches and pains and then fade away leaving only a sore nose and a few used sick days behind. But what if that cold turned out to be something more?

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researchers seek to understand and improve virus that infects lung cancer cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using data collected at Advanced Photon Source at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, researchers at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif., have for the first time solved ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 07, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Cold virus found to manipulate genes

Sneezing, runny nose and chills? You might blame the human rhinovirus (HRV), which causes 30 to 50 percent of common colds. But in reality, it's not the virus itself but HRV's ability to manipulate your genes that is the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 24, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 1

First comprehensive genomic study of common cold reveals new treatment targets

Today, scientists from Procter & Gamble (P&G), the University of Calgary and the University of Virginia announced results from the first study to examine the entire human genome's response to the most common cold virus, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 24, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers examine evolution of genes that trigger the body's immune response to viral infection

Virginia Commonwealth University Institute of Molecular Medicine researchers have traced the evolutionary origin of two genes that serve as primary cellular sensors of infection with RNA viruses, such as influenza, poliovirus, ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 21, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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