News tagged with viral structure

Scientists find potential Achilles' heel on Lassa fever and related viruses

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have determined the atomic structure of a protein that the Lassa fever virus uses to make copies of itself within infected cells. The structural data reveal an ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Surprises of the measles virus structure with new 3d model

Professor Sarah Butcher's research group from Helsinki University's Institute of Biotechnology report in the 24th October online issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a three-dimensional model ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Antarctic lake home to diverse community of viruses

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of the genetic structure of viruses in an Antarctic lake has revealed an astonishing genetic richness in the large number of viral families discovered.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 1 weblog

Discovery of enzyme structure points way to creating less toxic anti-HIV drugs

By discovering the atomic structure of a key human enzyme, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have pointed the way toward designing anti-HIV drugs with far less toxic side effects.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Analysis of flu virus could lead to better vaccines

A team of Princeton University scientists may have found a better way to make a vaccine against the flu virus.

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0