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IBM is developing a ‘super molecule’ to destroy all viruses

If you lined up everything alive on the planet today and counted them one-by-one, you’d find that viruses are the most common creatures by far. Pervasive, pathogenic varieties are notoriously hard to treat, as the...

7 November, 2016

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Deadly measles discovery stuns scientists

The virus stays dormant in the brain for years until it awakens causing seizures and coma with no survivors. Scientists have discovered a deadly complication with the measles virus that could potentially kill children...

1 November, 2016

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Consortium launched to fight Zika virus and build Latin American response capacity

Umeå University is among the 25 leading research and public health organizations from Latin America, North America, Africa, Asia, and Europe gathered in Recife, Brazil, for the launch of ZikaPLAN (Zika Preparedness...

31 October, 2016

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Scientists uncover why hepatitis C virus vaccine has been difficult to make

Researchers have been trying for decades to develop a vaccine against the globally endemic hepatitis C virus (HCV). Now scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered one reason why success has so...

31 October, 2016

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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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Computer simulation breaks virus apart to learn how it comes together

Researchers led by Carnegie Mellon University physicist Markus Deserno and University of Konstanz (Germany) chemist Christine Peter have developed a computer simulation that crushes viral capsids. By allowing...

21 October, 2016

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Study casts new light on evolution, spread of Zika virus

A team of scientists led by Dr. Massimo Ciccozzi from the University Campus Bio-Medico in Rome, Italy, has modeled the evolutionary development and diversity of Zika virus to understand how infection spreads between...

20 October, 2016

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Researchers identify 6 proteins that are biomarkers for H1N1 virus

Mumbai researchers have identified six proteins in the nasal swab that could be biomarkers for H1N1 virus — or swine flu infection — that played havoc across India during the 2009 pandemic, revealed the preliminary...

19 October, 2016

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TSRI scientists elucidate how Zika virus attacks the brains of newborns

In a study that could one day help eliminate the tragic birth defects caused by Zika virus, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have elucidated how the virus attacks the brains of...

19 October, 2016

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Antibody treatment surprisingly ‘cures’ monkeys of HIV-like infection

“Fascinating.” “A complete first.” “Striking.” “Too amazing to be real.” Those are some of the reactions researchers are having to a provocative, baffling monkey study...

17 October, 2016

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