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Coronavirus infection could be blocked by an engineered virus

No vaccines exist that protect people against infections by coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, or the ones that cause SARS and MERS. As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc, many labs around the...

9 April, 2020

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Catch a virus by its tail

Study uncovers key mechanism that allows some of the world’s deadliest viruses to replicate Viruses are masterful invaders. They cannibalize host cells by injecting their genetic material, often making thousands...

14 May, 2019

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Complex molecular structure in Zika virus

Researchers, led by scientists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, have found basic molecular processes used by the Zika virus to “hijack” the cells that it infects and potentially how it makes molecules...

18 November, 2016

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One fast vaccine strategy could protect against Ebola, H1N1, more

Nanoparticle-encapsulated mRNAs successfully vaccinate mice against pathogens. Vaccination has improved health and lengthened life spans over the last two centuries, but it takes time to develop vaccines in response to...

18 July, 2016

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Researchers want to train the body to fight diseases using programmable vaccines

Not long ago, Dr. Jasdave Chahal had a great idea and a big problem. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology virologist was driven by a dream to use messenger RNA to train bodies to defend themselves against disease...

11 July, 2016

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Engineers design programmable RNA vaccines

Tests in mice show the vaccines work against Ebola, influenza, and a common parasite. MIT engineers have developed a new type of easily customizable vaccine that can be manufactured in one week, allowing it to be...

6 July, 2016

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Bacterial RNA-editing tool could disable viruses or halt disease

Move over DNA, its RNA’s time to shine. A revolutionary RNA-editing tool promises to transform our understanding of RNA’s role in our growth and development, and provide a new avenue for treating infectious diseases and...

5 June, 2016

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A virus common among livestock depends on a micro-RNA to replicate

In the ongoing arms race between pathogenic viruses and the cells they infect, each side needs every advantage it can get. One way wily viruses can get a leg up is by subverting the microRNAs (miRNAs) of their host...

15 March, 2016

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Synthetic virus developed to deliver a new generation of medicines

Researchers at the universities of Wageningen, Eindhoven, Leiden and Nijmegen have developed a synthetic virus. This can be used in the future to ‘package’ new generations of medicines consisting of large...

1 September, 2014

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Innate virus-killing power discovered in mammals

Scientists have a promising new approach to combating deadly human viruses thanks to an educated hunch by University of California, Riverside microbiology professor Shou-Wei Ding, and his 20 years of research on plants...

15 October, 2013

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