Scientists have found that an oral antiviral drug successfully prevents monkeys from dying after an Ebola infection, an advance that may prevent future outbreaks of the deadly virus. The deadly Ebola ...
Studies suggest infection by HCoV-HKU1 occurs worldwide and causes syndromes such as the common cold, bronchitis, and ...
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ZME Science on MSNScientists Uncover Bizarre Virus-Like Structures in the Human Body and We Have No Idea What They AreFor over a century, scientists have analyzed the vast microbial world within the human body. They’ve found bacteria, fungi, ...
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Some viruses 'freeze' their RNA to replicate, study findsHelen Lazear, Ph.D., associate professor of microbiology and immunology, and Qi Zhang, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and biophysics, have discovered that a type of RNA in Zika virus ...
Mongolia has recorded 24 new cases of measles infection over the past 24 hours, bringing the national caseload to 51, acc ...
Endogenous retroviruses, ancient viruses embedded throughout mammalian genomes, might help RNA viruses permanently integrate into the genomes of their hosts ...
Viruses, then, may have existed before bacteria, archaea, or eukaryotes (Figure 4; Prangishvili et al. 2006). Most biologists now agree that the very first replicating molecules consisted of RNA ...
As viral vaccines are increasingly used to meet global health needs, the pharmaceutical industry is manufacturing larger ...
A virus is, arguably, the smallest possible living thing. It is a bundle of DNA or RNA bound up in a minuscule core, sometimes surrounded by a sturdy envelope and sometimes not. It can reproduce, but ...
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News Medical on MSNScientists uncover how herpes virus fuels Alzheimer’s diseaseHerpesvirus infection may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease through transposable element activation and neuroinflammation.
Maternal hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA titer > 10⁶ International Units (IU)/mL and antepartum bleeding are key predictors of perinatal transmission, with the risk ranging from 1.5% to 28.5%. The ...
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