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Researchers Engineer Self-Destructing Virus

Biology /

created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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 ...





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Fighting drug-resistant flu viruses

Fighting drug-resistant flu viruses

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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

Amid reports that swine flu viruses are developing the ability to shrug off existing antiviral drugs, scientists in Japan are reporting a first-of-its kind discovery that could foster a new genre of antivirals ...


HIV's ancestors 'plagued first mammals'

HIV's ancestors 'plagued first mammals'

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The retroviruses which gave rise to HIV have been battling it out with mammal immune systems since mammals first evolved around 100 million years ago - about 85 million years earlier than ...


Researcher studies monkeys in Africa to better understand virus evolution

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite the importance of AIDS in human health, scientists still know very little about the diversity and ecology of AIDS-like viruses in nature.


FluChip technology licensed to combat deadly flu virus

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

InDevR, a small biotech company in Boulder, CO, announced today that they have licensed the FluChip technology from the University of Colorado. The FluChip was invented by a joint team of scientists at the University of ...


Team combats antibiotic resistance with engineered viruses

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new approach to fighting bacterial infections, developed at MIT and Boston University, could help prevent bacteria from developing antibiotic resistance and help kill those that have already become resistant.


New research identifies faster detection of viruses

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A more specific and faster detection of viruses has been identified in new research by Trinity College Dublin's Professor of Physics, Martin Hegner at Trinity College's Centre of Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices ...


UCSB scientists discover potential drug delivery system

Scientists discover potential new drug delivery system

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a potential new drug delivery system. The finding is a biological mechanism for delivery of nanoparticles into tissue. The results are published ...


Scientists predict mobile phone viruses will pose a serious threat

Scientists predict mobile phone viruses will pose a serious threat

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you own a computer, chances are you have experienced the aftermath of a nasty virus at some point. In contrast, there have been no major outbreaks of mobile phone viral infection, despite ...


'Genetic arms race' between bacteria, viruses subject of stimulus grant

'Genetic arms race' between bacteria, viruses subject of stimulus grant

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The oceans teem with microscopic bacteria that produce much of Earth's oxygen as they absorb carbon dioxide greenhouse gas. But fast-mutating viruses also populate the seas, attacking marine bacteria in an ...


Breakthrough with light could help viral research

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a method using the force of light to gently trap, manipulate and study tiny, active objects as miniscule as viruses -- opening doors to expanded viral research.



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