End of moratorium on influenza H5N1 research
In early 2012 influenza virus researchers around the world decided to stop working on highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus. This decision came after work from the Fouchier and Kawaoka…
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Is XMRV a laboratory contaminant?
…had been previously contaminated with a murine retrovirus. Analysis of a human prostate cancer cell line, 22Rv1, which produces a retrovirus similar to XMRV, provided additional evidence for laboratory contamination….
A 382 nucleotide deletion in the genome of SARS-CoV-2
…decreases viral replication in a number of different cell types. In other words, this virus has reduced fitness compared with a virus containing a full Orf8. SARS-CoV-2 viruses with a…
New antiviral strategies
…e.g. the viruses with altered proteins interfere with the replication of wild-type virus. The idea is that such viral proteins would be excellent drug targets because drug-sensitive viruses would interfere…
RNA, in a Nutshell
…use, several mRNA vaccines have undergone clinical trials in humans before, for at least four infectious diseases: rabies, influenza, cytomegalovirus infection, and Zika virus infection. Another factor that helped speed…
Integration of arenavirus DNA into the cell genome
…genome of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), a commonly studied arenavirus, integrated into host cell DNA. This unusual story began in 1979 with the report that DNA complementary to the RNA…