Plasma treatment zaps viruses before they can attack cells
Researchers test a pre-emptive anti-viral treatment on a common virus known to cause respiratory infections.
Plasma Physics
Dec 16, 2011
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Manipulated gatekeeper: How viruses find their way into the cell nucleus
Adenoviruses cause respiratory diseases and are more dangerous for humans than previously assumed. They manipulate gatekeeper molecules and infiltrate the cell nucleus with the aid of the host cell. A team of researchers ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 3, 2011
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Elite controllers block integration of HIV DNA into host genome
Alone among those infected with HIV-1, so-called elite controllers spontaneously maintain undetectable levels of viral replication even absent the benefit of anti-retroviral therapy. Now Mathias Lichterfeld of the Massachusetts ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 19, 2011
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New complex offers potentially safer alternative for gene therapy delivery
Spontaneous ordering of DNA fragments in a special matrix holds the key to creating non-toxic gene therapy delivery vectors, according to a study recently published in the European Physical Journal E.
Biotechnology
Sep 8, 2011
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Researchers clarify bacterial resistance
Just like plants and animals, bacteria have a range of defence mechanisms against viruses and other threats. Dutch researchers at the Wageningen Laboratory for Microbiology and their American and Russian colleagues have largely ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 24, 2011
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Flu jab for bacteria
Viruses can wreak havoc on bacteria as well as humans and, just like us, bacteria have their own defence system in place, explains Professor John van der Oost, at the Society for General Microbiology's spring meeting. Uncovering ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 31, 2010
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Messenger RNA with FLASH
A study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has identified a key player in a molecular process essential for DNA replication within cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 22, 2009
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Discovery of enzyme structure points way to creating less toxic anti-HIV drugs
By discovering the atomic structure of a key human enzyme, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have pointed the way toward designing anti-HIV drugs with far less toxic side effects.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 15, 2009
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A seven-gene-deleted African swine fever virus is safe and effective vaccine in pigs
African swine fever (ASF) is a devastating infectious disease in swine and has been catastrophic for the global pig industry. In 2018, ASFV was transmitted to pigs in China and ten other Asian countries, which damaged the ...
Veterinary medicine
Mar 16, 2020
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Crystallography scientists celebrate 500 protein structures
The Canadian Macromolecular Crystallography Facility (CMCF) has announced the successful solution of 500 protein structures using the Canadian Light Source. The 3-D structures of proteins can be determined using powerful ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 6, 2014
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