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Lab-Made Virus Mimics COVID-19 Virus

July 23, 2020
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St. Louis, MO — Airborne and potentially deadly, the virus that causes COVID-19 can only be studied safely under high-level biosafety conditions. Scientists handling the infectious virus must wear...

Researchers Create Durable, Washable Textile Coating that can Repel Viruses

May 14, 2020
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Pittsburgh, PA — Masks, gowns, and other personal protective equipment (PPE) are essential for protecting healthcare workers. However, the textiles and materials used in such items can absorb and carry...

Blocking Sugar Structures on Viruses and Tumour Cells

March 18, 2020
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München, Germany — The laboratory directed by Arne Skerra, Professor of Biological Chemistry, has its focus on designing artificial binding proteins for therapeutic applications. The laboratory’s...

How Virus Forms Its Symmetric Shells

March 10, 2020
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Riverside, CA — Viruses — small disease-causing parasites that can infect all types of life forms — have been well studied, but many mysteries linger. One such mystery is how a spherical...

Eliminating Viruses in Our Food with Cranberries and Citrus Fruit

February 21, 2020
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Laval, Canada — Fresh produce is a major vehicle for noroviruses, a group of viruses that are the most common cause of gastroenteritis in developed countries. However, the viruses are quite resistant...

New Details on How Viral Protein Puts Brakes on Virus Replication

February 10, 2020
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Fort Collins, CO — An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Colorado State University has used computational chemistry, biochemistry and virology to uncover new information on how viruses such as...

Here, There and Everywhere: Large and Giant Viruses Abound Globally

January 23, 2020
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Berkeley, CA — While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s population, the number of viruses in the same drop–the vast majority not harmful to humans–could...

Virus Surfaces Help Engineers Study Vaccine and Gene Therapy Applications

January 9, 2020
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Houghton, MI — Viruses are not easy to characterize. But we need to because being able to quickly predict the surface charge of viruses opens up new possibilities for vaccine purification and making...

Scientists Reveal Structure of Viral Rhodopsins

December 3, 2019
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Dolgoprudny, Russia — The structure of an Organic Lake Phycodnavirus rhodopsin II (OLPVRII), which is a unique protein found in the genome of giant viruses, has been determined thanks to the work of...

Researchers Uncover Novel Virus Type That may Shed Light on Viral Evolution

October 17, 2019
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Fuchu, Japan — Viruses are non-living creatures, consisting of genetic material encased in a protein coat. Once the virus infects a living organism, it can replicate itself and continue on. But what...

Why Viruses like Herpes and Zika Will Need to Be Reclassified, and Its Biotech Impact

September 27, 2019
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San Diego, CA — New research reveals that the way viruses were perceived in terms of their architecture will need to be retooled, because they are actually structured in many more patterns than previously...

New Viruses Discovered in Endangered Wild Pacific Salmon Populations

September 4, 2019
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Vancouver, Canada — Three new viruses–including one from a group of viruses never before shown to infect fish–have been discovered in endangered Chinook and sockeye salmon populations. While...

Detailed Map Shows How Viruses Infect Humans

August 29, 2019
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New York, NY — Biologists at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons have leveraged a computational method to map protein-protein interactions between all known human-infecting...

Deadly Protein Duo Reveals New Drug Targets for Viral Diseases

August 14, 2019
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Ithaca, NY — New research from Cornell University details how two highly lethal viruses have greater pathogenic potential when their proteins are combined. A research team led by Hector Aguilar-Carreno,...

Leaving Microbes out of Climate Change Conversation Has Major Consequences, Experts Warn

June 19, 2019
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Sydney, Australia — More than 30 microbiologists from 9 countries have issued a warning to humanity – they are calling for the world to stop ignoring an ‘unseen majority’ in Earth’s...

Combating Mosquito-Borne Diseases with Bacteria

June 11, 2019
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State College, PA — Viruses, spread through mosquito bites, cause human illnesses such as dengue fever, Zika and yellow fever. A new control technique harnesses a naturally occurring bacterium called...

Catch Virus by Its Tail

May 14, 2019
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Boston, MA — Viruses are masterful invaders. They cannibalize host cells by injecting their genetic material, often making thousands of copies of themselves in a single cell to ensure their replication...

These Molecules could Trap Viruses Inside Cell

April 8, 2019
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Viruses are often used as vehicles for delivery in gene therapy because they’re engineered not to damage the cell once they get there, but neglecting to consider how the virus will exit the cell...

Scientists Explore Tick Salivary Glands as Tool to Study Virus Transmission, Infection

January 30, 2019
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Bethesda, MD — The salivary glands of some tick species could become important research tools for studying how viruses are transmitted from ticks to mammals, and for developing preventive medical countermeasures....

Lassa Fever Vaccine Shows Promise and Reveals New Test for Immunity

October 11, 2018
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Philadelphia, PA — Lassa fever belongs to the same class of hemorrhagic fevers as Ebola. Like Ebola, it has been a major health threat in Western Africa, infecting 100,000-300,000 people and killing...

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