News tagged with virus protein
New Cellular Therapy for HIV in World's First Engineered T Cell Receptor Trial
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Adaptimmune Limited and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, today announced the approval of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application from the US Food and ...
Single host gene may hold key to treating both ebola and anthrax infections
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Research published by Army scientists indicates that a minor reduction in levels of one particular gene, known as CD45, can provide protection against two divergent microbes: the virus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever ...
Quantum dot research could lead to medical advances
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Working with atomic-scale particles known as quantum dots, a Missouri University of Science and Technology biologist hopes to develop a new and better way to deliver and monitor proteins, medicine, DNA and ...
Research finds single gene controls growth of some cancers
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Research led by Ashok Aiyar, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, showing that a single gene can control growth in cancers related to the Epstein-Barr ...
Biologists learn structure, mechanism of powerful 'molecular motor' in virus
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Dec 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered the atomic structure of a powerful "molecular motor" that packages DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their assembly, an essential step in their ability ...
New research points to new therapy for hepatitis C treatment
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Combination therapies similar to those used for HIV patients may be the best way of treating hepatitis C virus (HCV), say researchers from the University of Leeds.
Protein 'tubules' free avian flu virus from immune recognition
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Nov 05, 2008 |
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A protein found in the virulent avian influenza virus strain called H5N1 forms tiny tubules in which it "hides" the pieces of double-stranded RNA formed during viral infection, which otherwise would prompt an antiviral immune ...
Potatoes may hold key to Alzheimer's treatment
Aug 15, 2008 |
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A virus that commonly infects potatoes bears a striking resemblance to one of the key proteins implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and researchers have used that to develop antibodies that may slow or prevent the onset ...
Researchers Engineer Self-Destructing Virus
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Jul 10, 2008 |
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University of Arizona researchers have sown the seeds of a virus' destruction in its own genetic code – or rather, in the genetic code of the organisms it seeks to infect. Their work could improve both the ...
