Renato Dulbecco, 1914-2012
…genetic techniques to the study of animal viruses. Dulbecco’s work on tumor viruses was focused on polyomaviruses – small DNA-containing viruses such as murine polyomavirus and SV40. He found that…
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Hepatitis A virus infections associated with berry and pomegranate mix
…Drug Administration will soon begin testing for the presence of hepatitis A virus in the berry mix. Hepatitis A virus is a member of the picornavirus family, which also contains…
Recombination between cellular and viral RNA produces a pathogenic virus
Bovine viral diarrhea virus is an economically important animal pathogen that may cause a fatal gastrointestinal disease in beef and dairy herds. Infection of a fetus with this virus during…
Virus batteries
…phosphides. In particular, the authors found that viruses that displayed the negatively charged peptide sequence glutamate-glutamate-alanine-glutamate (E-E-A-E) strongly attracted nickel phosphide molecules. Mutant viruses displaying the E-E-A-E peptide were deposited…
The purity of plaques
…other viruses, to see how often multiple viruses can be found in a plaque. Examples included hepatitis A virus, which is released from cells in membranous vesicles containing multiple virus…
Can Ebola virus infect via the skin?
…shedding high amounts of virus particles in body fluids. If virus-laden droplets land on the skin, the virus can readily enter via cuts or abrasions. Even if the skin is…