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Protein from algae shows promise for stopping SARS
May 20, 2009 |
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A protein from algae may have what it takes to stop Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) infections, according to new research. A recent study has found that mice treated with the protein, Griffithsin (GRFT), had a 100 ...
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Capturing replication strategies used by SARS viruses in their bid to spread
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Sep 16, 2008 |
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Just over five years ago, an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-coronavirus killed over 750 people. SARS (corona)virus, a positive-stranded RNA virus, replicates in the cytoplasm of host cells, attaching ...
An unexpected link between coronavirus replication and protein secretion in infected cells
Jun 13, 2008 |
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Coronavirus replication is critically linked to two factors within the early secretory pathway, according to new findings by a team of Dutch researchers that are published June 13th in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.
New insights into how SARS pathogen infects host
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) first appeared in 2003, international cooperation helped contain the virulent coronavirus, which caused respiratory illness in more than 8,000 ...
Study: SARS can infiltrate brain tissue
Sep 15, 2005 |
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome is a disease of the respiratory tract and now scientists say they've found SARS can also infiltrate brain tissue.
Scientists’ studies combat health threats
May 25, 2007 |
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The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002 was a loud wake-up call for researchers studying infectious diseases. SARS infected more than 8,000 people, killed 10 percent of those infected and weakened ...
Evolutionary History of SARS Supports Bats As Virus Source
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Feb 19, 2008 |
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Scientists who have studied the genome of the virus that caused severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) say their comparisons to related viruses offer new evidence that the virus infecting humans originated in bats.
Researchers recreate SARS virus, open door for potential defenses against future strains
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have synthetically reconstructed the bat variant of the SARS coronavirus (CoV) that caused the SARS epidemic of 2003.
Enzyme inhibitors block replication of SARS virus
Mar 28, 2006 |
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The study was conducted by researchers from Scripps Research; the Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; and the National Taiwan University. It is being published today in the journal Chemistry and Biology.
Human antibodies that block human and animal SARS viruses identified
Jul 03, 2007 |
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An international team of investigators has identified the first human antibodies that can neutralize different strains of the virus responsible for outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Scientists determine how SARS kills
Jul 14, 2005 |
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Scientists reportedly have developed a therapy to decrease the extraordinarily high death rate associated with the SARS virus.
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