Important Discovery in COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine Development
A team of scientists at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has recently made an important discovery in identifying a set of…
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Chemists Design New Compounds That Thwart Viruses – Blocks Replication of Coronavirus
New compounds block the replication of multiple viruses, including coronavirus. According to a February 26 report from the World Health Organization, the Wuhan coronavirus has…
Why Are Bat Viruses So Deadly? Answers to the Question Raised by Coronavirus Outbreak
Bats’ fierce immune systems drive viruses to higher virulence, making them deadlier in humans. It’s no coincidence that some of the worst viral disease outbreaks…
In Fight Against the Deadliest Cancer, Scientists Have a Strange Ally – The Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Virus
The foot-and-mouth-disease virus is helping scientists to tackle a common cancer with the worst survival rate — pancreatic cancer. Researchers at Queen Mary University of…
Chemists Discovered the Structure of a Key Influenza Protein – Breakthrough Could Lead to Flu Treatment
Findings could help researchers design drugs to treat influenza B infections. A team of MIT chemists has discovered the structure of a key influenza protein,…
Tracking Dangerous Bat Coronaviruses With Next-Generation DNA Sequencing
A targeted NGS approach may help track the viruses behind dangerous outbreaks. On January 21, 2020, the first case of the Wuhan coronavirus, named 2019-nCoV,…
Potential Global Spread of New Coronavirus Mapped by New Study
Experts in population mapping at the University of Southampton have identified cities and provinces within mainland China, and cities and countries worldwide, which are at…
Three Cases of Novel Coronavirus Reported in France – Virus Recently Emerged in China
The first confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV in Europe are not unexpected. Their identification proves that detection and confirmation of this novel virus is working in…
Hundreds of New Viruses Discovered in Insects As Scientists Work to Prevent New Epidemics Like Zika
New viruses that cause diseases often come from animals. Well-known examples of this are the Zika virus transmitted by mosquitoes, bird flu viruses, as well…
New Viral Strategy to Escape Detection Discovered by Researchers
University of Otago researchers have discovered how viruses that specifically kill bacteria can outwit bacteria by hiding from their defenses, findings which are important for…
Bat Warning: Evidence of Cross-Species Virus Transmission From Bats to Humans
Infectious diseases spilling over from wildlife are not new — as of 2008, approximately 70 percent of all known emerging diseases are thought to have…
Fighting the Herpes Virus – New Research With Promising Results
New insights into preventing herpes infections were published today (October 25, 2019) in Nature Communications. Researchers from the Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB)…
A Cure for the Common Cold in Sight
Disabling a single, apparently noncritical protein in cells may foil replication of the viruses that cause half of all common colds, polio and other diseases,…
Study of Koala Virus Epidemic Uncovers “Innate” Genome Immune System
In animals, infections are fought by the immune system. Studies on an unusual virus infecting wild koalas, by a team of researchers from the University…
Bald Eagles Across America Infected by Newly Discovered Virus
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown virus infecting nearly a third of America’s bald eagle population. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the U.S. Geological…
Novel Virus Type Uncovered – Researchers Believe It Holds Secrets of Viral Evolution
Viruses are non-living creatures, consisting of genetic material encased in a protein coat. Once the virus infects a living organism, it can replicate itself and…
Watch the Very First Video of Viruses Assembling
For the first time, researchers have captured images of the formation of individual viruses, offering a real-time view into the kinetics of viral assembly. The…
Geometry Goes Viral: Math Used to Solve Virus Puzzle
Researchers have developed a new mathematical framework that changes the way we understand the structure of viruses such as Zika and Herpes. The discovery, by…
