Molecular virology
hideMolecular Virology is the study of viruses at the molecular level. In particular, this includes the analysis of individual viral genes and gene products, and their interaction with host (human, plant or animal) cellular proteins.
This may include molecular analysis of:
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News tagged with molecular virology
Stem-cell activators switch function, repress mature cells
Dec 16, 2009 |
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In a developing animal, stem cells proliferate and differentiate to form the organs needed for life. A new study shows how a crucial step in this process happens and how a reversal of that step contributes to cancer.
Damaging inflammatory response could hinder spinal cord repair
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The inflammatory response following a spinal cord injury appears to be set up to cause extra tissue damage instead of promoting healing, new research suggests.
Molecule plays early role in nonsmoking lung cancer
Jul 27, 2009 |
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The cause of lung cancer in never-smokers is poorly understood, but a study led by investigators at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center and at the National Cancer Institute has identified a molecule believed ...
Researchers unravel mystery of DNA conformation
Jul 13, 2009 |
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An iconic photograph (http://img.timeinc.net/time/80days/images/530228.jpg) of Nobel laureates Drs. Francis Crick and James Watson show the pair discussing with a rigid model of the famous double helix. ...
Visualizing virus replication in three dimensions
May 07, 2009 |
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Dengue fever is the most common infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes - some 100 million people around the world are infected. Researchers at the Hygiene Institute at Heidelberg University Hospital ...
Better by design: Engineering flu vaccines
Mar 17, 2009 |
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A new computerized method of testing could help world health officials better identify flu vaccines that are effective against multiple strains of the disease. Rice University scientists who created the method ...
Sequences capture the code of the common cold
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to confront our most familiar malady, scientists have deciphered the instruction manual for the common cold.
