Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Against the clockâuncovering the first 30 minutes of viral infection
Researchers are unraveling the crucial first 30 minutes of viral invasion into a human cell.
Mar 29, 2018
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Genetics
Genetic study reveals how hepatitis C interacts with humans
A big data study of hepatitis C and more than 500 patients with the virus has opened the way for a better understanding of how the virus interacts with its human hosts.
Apr 11, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mutations acquired trans-Pacific may be key to changes in Zika severity
The Zika virus remains a mystery. Isolated from macaque monkeys in the Ziika Forest in Uganda in 1947, the virus was shown to infect humans not long after, but it was identified as a benign disease, with mild symptoms. For ...
Dec 13, 2016
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Genetics
A surprizing finding shines new light on the largest group of human proteins
Toronto scientists have discovered that the largest group of human proteins, which work as genome gatekeepers to control gene activity, are even more diverse in their roles than previously thought. The finding expands our ...
Nov 29, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers create powerful new tools to combat Zika
New research from The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, in collaboration with Southwest University in Chongqing, China and the University of Leuven in Belgium, have developed a way to replicate the basic structure ...
Nov 18, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers obtain first Zika sequence isolated from semen
A team of researchers from the United Kingdom has obtained the first complete genome sequence of Zika virus that was isolated from a semen sample. The research is published this week in Genome Announcements, a journal of ...
Oct 13, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Researchers successfully excise HIV DNA from animals
Using gene editing technology, researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University have, for the first time, successfully excised a segment of HIV-1 DNA - the virus responsible for AIDS - from the genomes ...
May 19, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lab researchers hunt for clues in transmission of deadly Middle Eastern respiratory virus
Lawrence Livermore Lab researchers have used new genetic sequencing technology and bioinformatics analysis to define how a novel and deadly respiratory virus changes when it passes from one host to another.
Mar 1, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
First complete genome sequence of the Zika virus
Having confirmed the first cases of infection in Suriname then in French Guiana, the Institut Pasteur in French Guiana has sequenced the complete genome of the Zika virus, which is responsible for an unprecedented epidemic ...
Jan 11, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Human genomic pathways to bronchitis virus therapy
Viral replication and spread throughout a host organism employs many proteins, but the process is not very well understood. Scientists at A*STAR have led a collaborative study to learn which host factors play a key role in ...
Nov 18, 2015
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