However, these processes often damage the virus, making it difficult to determine its structure at a high resolution, she explained. Instead, the team used a surrogate to study POWV.

Until now, the structure and function of the Nipah virus polymerase remained poorly understood, researchers said, cautioning that further research would be needed to fully understand how the ...

A New Approach to Drug Development For the first time, researchers have visualized the three-dimensional structure of the Nipah virus's RNA polymerase—the enzyme responsible for copying the ...

In the past, they focused on the Zika virus from the flavivirus group or the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the coronavirus group. Like other viruses, the monkeypox virus multiplies in a host cell.