Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Respiratory virus lurks as wintertime worry
(HealthDay)—A common respiratory virus that circulates in winter can pose a serious threat to children, an expert warns.
Jan 8, 2018
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News tagged with molecular virology
Medical research
No two kinds of retroviruses look—or act—the same
In the most comprehensive study of its kind, researchers in the Institute for Molecular Virology and School of Dentistry at the University of Minnesota report that most types of retroviruses have distinct, non-identical virus ...
Jul 5, 2016
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Medical research
Baculovirus-recognising human cell receptor identified for the first time
The receptor used by baculovirus to enter and interact with human cells has been identified. This syndecan–1 receptor was identified for the first time in a recent collaborative study carried out by the University of Eastern ...
Sep 27, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Drug design success propels efforts to fight HIV with a combination of two FDA-approved drugs
A University of Minnesota research team featuring researchers from the Institute for Molecular Virology, School of Dentistry and Center for Drug Design has developed a new delivery system for a combination of two FDA approved ...
Aug 30, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Platelets block HIV
Scientists of the DPZ have shown that platelet activation inhibits the host cell entry of HIV
Jul 23, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Triple-negative breast cancer subtypes identified using microRNA
A new, large-scale study of triple-negative breast cancer shows that small molecules called microRNA can be used to define four subtypes of this aggressive malignancy.
Feb 7, 2013
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Cardiology
Study: Viral reactivation a likely link between stress and heart disease
A new study could provide the link that scientists have been looking for to confirm that reactivation of a latent herpes virus is a cause of some heart problems.
Jan 22, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Researchers attack HIV's final defenses before drug-resistant mutations emerge
Scientists who study HIV are facing a troubling consequence of their own success. They created drugs that can now give infected patients almost normal life expectancy. However, those same drugs will eventually cause the constantly ...
Jan 16, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
First molecular evidence links live poultry markets to human H5N1 infection in China
Sequences of H5N1 virus from live bird markets in China matched sequences from patients who had recently visited the live bird markets, according to a paper in the December 2011 Journal of Virology. Live poultry markets have ...
Dec 16, 2011
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Ophthalmology
Ohio State researchers design a viral vector to treat a genetic form of blindness
Researchers at Ohio State University Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital have developed a viral vector designed to deliver a gene into the eyes of people born with an inherited, progressive form of blindness ...
Nov 2, 2011
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