News tagged with capsid protein
Changing the locks: HIV discovery could allow scientists to block virus's entry into cell nucleus
Scientists have found the 'key' that HIV uses to enter our cells' nuclei, allowing it to disable the immune system and cause AIDS The finding, published today in the open access journal PLoS Pathogens, provides a potential new ta ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Gene therapy success depends on ability to advance viral delivery vectors to commercialization
Many gene therapy strategies designed to deliver a normal copy of a gene to cells carrying a disease-causing genetic mutation rely on a modified virus to transfer the gene product into affected tissues. One ...
May 18, 2011 |
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Fighting disease atom by atom: Atomic map of hepatitis E may reveal strategies to fight it
Researchers at Rice University and their international colleagues have for the first time described the atomic structure of the protein shell that carries the genetic code of hepatitis E (HEV). Their findings, ...
Jul 21, 2009 |
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New broad-spectrum vaccine to prevent cervical cancer induces strong responses in animals
Mice and rabbits immunized with a multimeric-L2 protein vaccine had robust antibody responses and were protected from infection when exposed to human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 four months after vaccination, according to ...
May 26, 2009 |
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Image pinpoints all 5 million atoms in viral coat
(PhysOrg.com) -- If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Rice University's precise new image of a virus' protective coat is seriously undervalued. More than three years in the making, the image contains ...
Feb 16, 2009 |
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