News tagged with virus protein
Starve a virus, feed a cure? Findings show how some cells protect themselves against HIV
A protein that protects some of our immune cells from the most common and virulent form of HIV works by starving the virus of the molecular building blocks that it needs to replicate, according to research published online ...
Feb 12, 2012 |
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Researchers indentify a cell-permeable peptide that inhibits hepatitis C
Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a cell-permeable peptide that inhibits a hepatitis C virus protein and blocks viral replication, which can lead to liver cancer and cirrhosis.
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Spotted under the microscope: How a virus puts on its armor
Scientists from VU University Amsterdam, Scripps Research Institute and the University of Michigan discovered how a virus 'puts on its armor'. This 'armor', consisting of mere proteins, is initially flexible ...
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Scientists show brain vulnerable to Hepatitis C virus
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the University of Birmingham have demonstrated for the first time that human brain cells can become infected with the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), it is reported today.
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Scientists identify novel approach to view inner workings of viruses
Since the discovery of the microscope, scientists have tried to visualize smaller and smaller structures to provide insights into the inner workings of human cells, bacteria and viruses. Now, researchers at the National Institute ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Experimental vaccine partially protects monkeys from HIV-like infection
Results from a recent study show that novel vaccine combinations can provide partial protection against infection by Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) in rhesus monkeys. In addition, in the animals that became infected, ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Plasma treatment zaps viruses before they can attack cells
Researchers test a pre-emptive anti-viral treatment on a common virus known to cause respiratory infections.
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Bacterial protein 'mops up' viruses found in contaminated water supplies
Access to clean water is a necessity often taken for granted. However UNICEF estimates that 900 million people across the world do not have access to safe drinking water. New research published in BioMed Central's open access ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Scientists identify human proteins that may fuel HIV/AIDS transmission
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered new protein fragments in semen that enhance the ability of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, to infect new cells -- a discovery that one day could help ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Changing the locks: HIV discovery could allow scientists to block virus's entry into cell nucleus
Scientists have found the 'key' that HIV uses to enter our cells' nuclei, allowing it to disable the immune system and cause AIDS The finding, published today in the open access journal PLoS Pathogens, provides a potential new ta ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Promising results in mice on needle-free candidate universal vaccine against various flu viruses
Scientists from the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) have discovered that an antigen common to most influenza viruses, and commonly referred to as matrix protein 2 (M2), when administered under the tongue could protect ...
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Clinical trial for muscular dystrophy demonstrates safety of customized gene therapy
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown that it is safe to cut and paste together different viruses in an effort to create the ultimate vehicle for gene therapy. In a phase I clinical trial, ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Study finds a weak spot on deadly ebolavirus
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and the US Army's Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases have isolated and analyzed an antibody that neutralizes Sudan virus, a major species of ebolavirus ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Annual childhood flu vaccines may interfere with development of crossresistance
Vaccinating children annually against influenza virus interferes with their development of cross-reactive killer T cells to flu viruses generally, according to a paper in the November Journal of Virology.
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Why do some influenza virus subtypes die out?
Every so often we hear about a new strain of influenza virus which has appeared and in some cases may sweep across the globe in a pandemic, much as the H1N1 virus did last year. What happens to the old seasonal viruses? In ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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