News tagged with viral particles
Blood vessel mapping reveals four new 'ZIP codes'
A research team led by scientists from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered four new "ZIP codes" in their quest to map the vast blood vessel network of the human body.
Oct 24, 2011 |
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A stem cell target for expanding waistlines?
Researchers may have found the key to developing a method to rid the body of stem cells responsible for driving fat expansion. According to a report in the June 16 Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, they've landed ...
Jun 16, 2011 |
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Researchers link herpes to Alzheimer's disease
Laboratories at the University of New Mexico (UNM), Brown University, and House Ear Institute (HEI) have developed a new technique to observe herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) infections growing inside cells. HSV1, the cause ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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New instrument for analyzing viruses
Scientists in Israel and California have developed an instrument for rapidly analyzing molecular interactions that take place viruses and the cells they infect. By helping to identify interactions between proteins made by ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 08, 2011 |
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A mix of tiny gold and viral particles -- and the DNA ties that bind them
Scientists have created a diamond-like lattice composed of gold nanoparticles and viral particles, woven together and held in place by strands of DNA. The structure – a distinctive mix of hard, metallic ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Scientists reveal criminal virus spreaders using evolutionary forensics
The source of HIV infection in two separate criminal cases in which men were convicted of intentionally infecting their female sexual partners was confirmed by scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and Baylor ...
Nov 15, 2010 |
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New look at multitalented protein sheds light on mysteries of HIV
New insights into the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection process, which leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), may now be possible through a research method recently developed in part ...
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Scientists link hepatitis C virus infection to fat enzyme in liver cells
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology (GIVI) have found that an enzyme associated with the storage of fat in the liver is required for the infectious activity of the hepatitis C virus (HCV). This ...
Oct 10, 2010 |
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Retrovirus replication process different than thought
How a retrovirus, like HIV, reproduces and assembles new viruses is different than previously thought, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. Understanding the steps a virus takes for assembly could allow ...
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Nutrients, viruses and the biological carbon pump
Adding nutrients to the sea could decrease viral infection rates among phytoplankton and enhance the efficiency of the biological pump, a means by which carbon is transferred from the atmosphere to the deep ocean, according ...
Jun 30, 2010 |
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3-D cell culture: Making cells feel right at home
The film "Avatar" isn't the only 3-D blockbuster making a splash this winter. A team of Houston scientists this week unveiled a new technique for growing 3-D cell cultures, a technological leap from the flat petri dish that ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Why retroviruses such as HIV love their neighbors
Retroviruses such as HIV that are already within cells are much more easily transmitted when they are next to uninfected cells than if they are floating free in the bloodstream.
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Potential new herpes therapy studied
A new therapy being developed at the University of Florida could, in time, produce another weapon for the fight against herpes.
Feb 03, 2009 |
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