Cancer-causing virus HTLV-1 changes DNA loops to 'affect tens of thousands of genes'
A human virus that causes a rare form of leukaemia increases the risk of disease by changing the way DNA loops inside our cells.
A human virus that causes a rare form of leukaemia increases the risk of disease by changing the way DNA loops inside our cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 27, 2018
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Three new members have been isolated and added to the Pandoravirus family by researchers at the Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory (CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université), working with partners at the Large Scale Biology ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 12, 2018
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An international team of scientists led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the University of Kiel has successfully reconstructed genomes from Stone Age and Medieval European strains ...
Archaeology
May 10, 2018
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Bodo saltans virus, the first isolated representative of the most abundant giant viruses in the sea, has been unveiled by researchers at the University of British Columbia.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 29, 2018
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For millions of years, humans and viruses have engaged in a constant tug of war: as our cells evolve new ways to defend us from our viral enemies, these pathogens in turn acquire new traits to sidestep those defenses.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 13, 2017
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Researchers at Purdue University have uncovered the way some antibodies neutralize infections caused by viruses.
Biochemistry
Jul 20, 2017
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Defective viruses incorporated into grass genomes may adapt to form partnerships with other genome-incorporated viruses in order to complete their life cycle, according to a new PLOS Pathogens study. The findings suggest ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 29, 2017
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In battles between germs, the opening shot is often an injection. A virus, intent on infecting a microbe, punctures the cell's protective wall and inserts its own genetic code. New research from The Rockefeller University ...
Biotechnology
Mar 29, 2017
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It's an axiom of the infectious disease research community that wherever humans go, germs are likely to follow. Such is the case with the herpes virus family.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 28, 2017
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The sex of human and all mammalian babies may be determined by a simple modification of a virus that insinuated itself into the mammalian genome as recently as 1.5 million years ago, a new Yale University-led study has found.
Cell & Microbiology
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