Vaccinating babies against a virus that causes childhood “stomach flu” greatly reduces their chance of getting so sick that they
Category: virus
Surprising enzymes discovered in giant ocean viruses
Results of a new NSF-supported study led by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Swansea University Medical School increase our
Researchers learn more about severe liver disease
Approximately one out of every ten people with hepatitis B are coinfected with hepatitis D, which is among the most
Gene-editing technology to create virus-resistant cassava plant has opposite effect, researchers find
Using gene-editing technology to create virus-resistant cassava plants could have serious negative ramifications, according to new research by plant biologists
Cold plasma can kill 99.9% of airborne viruses, U-M study shows
Dangerous airborne viruses are rendered harmless on-the-fly when exposed to energetic, charged fragments of air molecules, University of Michigan researchers
“Highly significant” results of HIV transmission study released
Positive results from a University of Liverpool led research project that aims to reduce mother to child transmission of HIV
How infection site affects the immune system
A new study by scientists at the Gladstone Institutes shows that infection sites could affect the immune system’s response to
Cancer-killing virus alerts immune system
A new UC San Francisco study has shown that a cancer-killing (“oncolytic”) virus currently in clinical trials may function as
Virus cracking molecules for treating Hepatitis B
Indiana University researchers have made an important step forward in the design of drugs that fight the hepatitis B virus,
How intestine repairs itself
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco have
