Fighting infections depends on bodies’ capacity to quickly recognize infected cells and destroy them, a job done by a class
Category: Infected cells
Latent HIV reservoirs show resistance to white blood cells
A recent study by researchers at the George Washington University (GW) found that latent HIV reservoirs show resistance to CD8+
Gene therapy may kill HIV
Gene therapy may have the potential to eradicate HIV in people infected with the virus, new animal research suggests. The
Gene therapy can destroy HIV infected cells
Through gene therapy, researchers engineered blood-forming stem cells (hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, or HSPCs) to carry chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) genes
Using viruses to fight viruses
Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa have discovered that the Maraba virus, or MG1, can target
How Zika virus infects developing brain
Zika virus is transmitted from mother to fetus by infected cells that later develop into the brain’s first and primary
Strong persistence of viral infection
Infections caused by viruses, such as respiratory syncytial virus, measles, parainfluenza and Ebola, are acute. These viruses cause disease quickly
How viruses developed immunity
SIDT2 protein is an important factor for cells to detect viral components in their environment, and create an immune response
