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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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to confront our most familiar malady, scientists have deciphered the instruction manual for the common cold.
Feb 12, 2009
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Notwithstanding last month's cold snap in Texas and Louisiana, climate change is leading to warmer winter weather throughout the southern U.S., creating a golden opportunity for many tropical plants and animals to move north, ...
Ecology
Mar 19, 2021
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Researchers have for the first time identified the way viruses like the poliovirus and the common cold virus 'package up' their genetic code, allowing them to infect cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 9, 2021
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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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In the wild, chimpanzees face any number of dire threats, ranging from poachers to predators to deforestation.
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2017
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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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Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have demonstrated the power of a new drug discovery technique, which allows them to find—relatively quickly and cheaply—antibodies that have a desired effect on cells. ...
Biochemistry
Jan 16, 2014
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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)—Aside from rising sea levels, many climate change models predict that in the future, the planet's temperature and weather will become increasingly erratic with wild, unpredictable storms and fluctuating conditions. ...
Evolution
Feb 1, 2013
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