Russian scientists have found a way to increase the effectiveness of the domestic antiviral drug Triazavirin. They modified the drug molecule, enhancing its ability to prevent the pathogen from ...
Three years ago, George Kassiotis and his team made an unexpected discovery: A specific way of producing a protein called calbindin was found to help cancer cells survive by preventing them from aging ...
A computational structural analysis of H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b hemagglutinin reveals multiple independent molecular mechanisms by ...
A mouse study led by Pompeu Fabra University shows that recovering from an acute viral infection leaves lasting splenic damage and impaired T-cell responses, which prior vaccination fully prevented.
Illustration of virus-like particle self-assembly. Protein building blocks can repeatedly join and leave the growing particle ...
Hastie was recently named an LJI Research Assistant Professor. Her new lab will focus on “New World” Arenaviruses, a family of viruses that has become a growing threat in the Americas. These viruses ...
Weak molecular connections allow protein building blocks to separate, try again, and eventually lock into the stable ...
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the world's top public health threats. Often termed a silent pandemic, ...
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The discovery paves the way for a rapidly evolving therapy: viruses that can attack and kill dangerous bacteria while leaving human cells unharmed.
Researchers at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have found possible links between RNA viruses like ...
T cells can precisely target cancer, but engineered receptors may interfere with natural ones and lose effectiveness; ...