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Getting Wise To Influenza Virus' Tricks: Imaging Of Influenza Virus Protein Opens Way To Design New Anti-viral Drugs
One of the tactics used by
influenza virus to take over
the machinery of infected
cells has been laid bare by
structural biologists. A new
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DNA Jigsaw Puzzle
A new mathematical and
statistical method allows
the virus population in a
diseased organism to be
determined quickly and
economically. Using this
method, medicines and
vaccines against diseases
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Human Protein May Offer Novel Target For Blocking HIV Infection: Successful In Lab
A research group has
uncovered a new route for
attacking the human
immunodeficiency virus that
may offer a way to
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Trojan Horse Of Viruses Revealed
Viruses use various tricks
and disguises to invade
cells. Researchers have now
discovered yet another
strategy used by viruses:
the vaccinia virus disguises
itself as cell waste,
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Virus Mimics Human Protein To Hijack Cell Division Machinery
May 10, 2008 — Viruses are masters of deception, duping their host's cells into helping them grow and spread. A new study has found that human cytomegalovirus can mimic a common regulatory protein to hijack normal ... > full story -
A Real-life 'I Am Legend?' Researcher Champions Development Of 'Reovirus' As Potential Treatment For Cancer
May 9, 2008 — A virologists and cancer biologists was on his way to the American Association of Cancer Research in San Diego recently when he decided to check out the in-flight movie I Am Legend. The premise of ... > full story -
Molecular Espionage Shows A Single HIV Enzyme's Many Tasks
May 9, 2008 — Using ingenious molecular espionage, scientists have found how a single key enzyme, seemingly the Swiss army knife in HIV's toolbox, differentiates and dynamically binds both DNA and RNA as part of ... > full story -
Do Antidepressants Enhance Immune Function?
May 9, 2008 — Infection with human immunodeficiency virus, which leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, is an epidemic of global concern. The functioning of natural killer (NK) cells, which are a major ... > full story -
Key Roadblock To Gene Expression Identified: Implications For AIDS
May 9, 2008 — For the first time, research has made possible a detailed map of how the building blocks of chromosomes, the cellular structures that contain genes, are organized in the fruit fly Drosophila ... > full story -
New Agent Strikes At Most Common Cause Of Infant Hospitalization In U.S.
May 7, 2008 — Researchers have achieved promising results with a potential new weapon against respiratory syncytial virus, the most common cause of infant hospitalization in the United States. RSV infects almost ... > full story -
Exhaustion Of HIV-specific T Cells May Be Caused By Chronic Exposure To Virus
May 6, 2008 — The "exhaustion" of immune cells that target HIV appears to result from chronic exposure to the virus, specifically exposure to the protein segments targeted by the pathogen-killing HIV-specific CD8 ... > full story -
Mothers Less Likely To Pursue HPV Vaccination For Youngest Daughters
May 5, 2008 — Because the first national study of its kind has found that US mothers report they are less likely to vaccinate daughters under age 13 against human papillomavirus virus, even though the vaccine is ... > full story -
New 'OPAL Therapy' Presents Simple, Cost-effective Method Of Treating HIV Infection
May 5, 2008 — Australian researchers have unveiled a new immunotherapy technique to help prevent the progression from HIV infection to AIDS. Th simple cost-effective technique has been effective in ... > full story -
Researchers Synthesize Compound To Flush HIV Out Of Hiding And Into Crosshairs
May 4, 2008 — Chemists have found a way to synthesize better bird dogs, agents that can be tailored to flush HIV out into the open where the immune system and antiretroviral therapies can destroy it. The ... > full story
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