News tagged with protective protein

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

Key leukemia defense mechanism discovered

Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researcher Steven Grant, M.D., and a team of VCU Massey researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which leukemia cells trigger a protective response when exposed to ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research spawns new discoveries showing how crops survive drought

(PhysOrg.com) -- Breakthrough research done earlier this year by a plant cell biologist at the University of California, Riverside has greatly accelerated scientists' knowledge on how plants and crops can ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

HIV dearms protective protein in cells

The AIDS-causing HIV specifically counteracts the mechanisms of human cells that protect these against viral infections - a special viral protein marks protective cellular proteins for their rapid destruction and thus diminishes ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0