Rabies is notoriously difficult to treat once symptoms begin, and that challenge starts at the molecular level. Unlike many ...

The following press release was issued today by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.Although outbreaks of Ebola virus are ...

New model for replication of BKPyV virus, a major cause of kidney transplant failure Date: December 6, 2024 Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham Summary: BK polyomavirus, or BKPyV, is a ...

This enzyme is one foot in the door to better understanding the viral lipid composition in the late stages of the replication cycle," Freed cautioned, as many more preclinical studies must be done ...

In contrast, when a virus hijacks a host cell’s DNA replication machinery, it replicates hundreds of times. This “unlicensed” replication is not subject to the same quality control and is ...

The resulting images, with a resolution of 10 nanometers, reveal what might be the most detailed view yet of how the virus replicates itself inside of a cell. The images show magenta RNA forming ...

The identification of safe and easily distributed medications that can target the different stages of virus infection and replication could reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and reduce the cases of ...

To better understand BKPyV replication and ways to prevent it, researchers in the UAB Department of Microbiology have published a single-cell analysis of BKPyV infection in primary kidney cells. Their ...