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Structurally designed ‘DNA star’ creates ultrasensitive test for dengue virus

By folding snippets of DNA into the shape of a five-pointed star using structural DNA nanotechnology, researchers have created a trap that captures dengue virus as it floats in the bloodstream. Once sprung, the trap –...

27 November, 2019

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How dormant herpes springs back to life

A herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection lasts for life. No vaccination can prevent it, and no treatment can fully eradicate it. The problem for doctors is that, most of the time, herpes lies dormant in nerve cells and...

25 November, 2019

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Study vaccine protects monkeys against four types of hemorrhagic fever viruses

Scientists, funded by the National Institutes of Health, have developed an investigational vaccine that protected cynomolgus macaques against four types of hemorrhagic fever viruses endemic to overlapping regions in...

10 November, 2019

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New synthetic vaccine targets Chikungunya virus

While the benefits of vaccines are indisputable, the fact that almost all vaccines require refrigeration can be an obstacle to their distribution and use in underdeveloped nations. Partly because of these infrastructure...

5 November, 2019

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Influenza evolution patterns change with time, complicating vaccine design

Skoltech scientists discovered new patterns in the evolution of the influenza virus. This may help predict mutations in the viral genome and ultimately help design better vaccines. The research results were published in...

23 October, 2019

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Researchers find building mutations into Ebola virus protein disrupts ability to cause disease and activates protective immunity researchers find building mutations into Ebola virus protein disrupts ability to cause disease and activates protective immunity

Creating mutations in a key Ebola virus protein that helps the deadly virus escape from the body’s defenses can make the virus unable to produce sickness and activate protective immunity in the infected host, according...

18 September, 2019

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Virus laser system boosts biological monitoring

Dr John Hales, Prof Paul Dalby and Prof John Ward at UCL Biochemical Engineering have published an article in Nature Communications titled “Virus lasers for biological detection” describing a novel analytical technology...

16 September, 2019

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Cracking “virus code” could help fight cancer

Virus experts from Cardiff University’s School of Medicine have uncovered, for the first time, how a virus known as Adenovirus type 26 (Ad26), which has been used effectively in a tamed form as a vaccine, can infect...

6 September, 2019

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Cryo-EM structures show how vertical single β-barrel viruses manage self-assembly

In 1977, Carl Woese et al introduced the three-domain system of biological classification that divides life forms into Archaea, Bacteria and Eukaryotes. This was the first time that the differences between Archaea and...

2 September, 2019

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Expression of M gene segment of influenza A virus determines host range

The host range of the influenza A virus (IAV) is restricted by dysregulated expression of the M viral gene segment, according to a study published August 15 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Anice Lowen and...

29 August, 2019

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