Tag: virus
Scientists demonstrate first contagious airborne WiFi virus
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have shown for the first time that WiFi networks can be infected with a virus that can move...
Ancient bacteria go under the lens
Every fourth breath you take comes from cyanobacteria, which populate the planet’s waters. Progenitors of these microscopic, photosynthetic organisms are believed to have been...
Thwarting herpes, scientists open antiviral drug path
While herpesviruses infect most animals – including humans – with incurable disease, Cornell researchers have found a genetic trail to thwart its reproductive powers,...
Synthetic polymer could stop the spread of HIV
A precisely designed macromolecule that mimics the binding of HIV to immune system cells could be used to stop the virus from physically entering...
Pressurized virus blasts its infectious DNA into human cells
The virus that causes those painful lip blisters known as cold sores has an internal pressure eight times higher than a car tire, and...
Vulnerabilities of the deadly Ebola virus identified
Disabling a protein in Ebola virus cells can stop the virus from replicating and infecting the host, according to researchers from the Icahn School...
Vietnam may be home to new virus affecting nervous system
Patients in Vietnam and other locations with central nervous system infections may well be suffering from the effects of a newly discovered virus, according...
How some cells protect themselves against HIV
A protein that protects some of our immune cells from the most common and virulent form of HIV works by starving the virus of...
Lipid-modifying enzyme: New target for pan-viral therapeutics
Three different disease-causing viruses -- poliovirus, coxsackievirus, and hepatitis C -- rely on their unwilling host for the membrane platforms enriched in a specific lipid, phosphatidylinositol 4 phosphate (PI4P) on which they can replicate, Rutgers...
‘David and Goliath’ viruses shed light on the origin of jumping...
University of British Columbia researchers have identified a small virus that attacks another virus more than 100 times its own size, rescuing the infected zooplankton from certain death. The discovery provides clues to the evolutionary origin of som...
