Would we have an Ebola virus vaccine if not for NIH cuts?
Dr. Francis Collins, the head of the National Institutes of Health, believes that we would have an Ebola virus vaccine if not for the past ten years of flat budgets…
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HeLa RNA is everywhere
…advance our understanding of their role in this disease. For example, almost every genome from patients with cervical cancer contains HPV DNA. A recent search of the TCGA for viral…
Zika virus comics: Zanzare
Dr. Susan Nasif is a virologist and part of the team at Cimaza Comics that produces science-themed comics. In their latest creation, Zanzare, we are plunged head-first into the global…
Zika virus crosses the placenta and causes microcephaly in mice
…of mature neurons. Gene expression profiling of infected brains showed an increase in the production of cytokines, suggesting that these proteins might play a role in disease development. The expression…
Bodyguard manipulation by a virus
…ladybeetle. Sequencing of RNA from the heads of parasitized ladybeetles revealed the presence of an RNA virus which the authors call D. coccinellae paralysis virus, DcPV. The virus is a…
Kermit’s urumi
…conserved stalk region of the HA glycoprotein, and not with the globular head. Currently two different antiviral drugs, oseltamivir and relenza, are used to control influenza virus infection. Viruses resistant…