Tag - viral

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Zika virus infection alters human and viral RNA

Findings may influence vaccine and therapy development Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that Zika virus infection leads to modifications of both viral and human...

21 October, 2016

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Luminous proteins offer new method to discover viral infection

Researchers at Umeå University have developed a new method to directly follow viral infections in living organisms. This method can make infected cells produce fluorescent proteins, which means that they light up and...

19 May, 2016

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Gene behavior distinguishes viral from bacterial infections

Coughs, fevers and green mucus can accompany an infection, but most of the time, doctors can only guess whether the culprit is bacterial or viral. A new study points out a way to identify the perp. An infection changes...

24 December, 2015

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