Public Release: 10-Jan-2017 Penn study identifies characteristics of HIV-1 strains that mediate sexual transmission University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine IMAGE: This is HIV infecting a human cell. Credit: NIH Image Gallery PHILADELPHIA – Upon sexual exposure, the… Read More ›
. Bioweapon or Potential
For the first time, researchers identify key proteins that may make Zika so deadly
Public Release: 2-Jan-2017 Scientists identify 7 proteins as likely suspects University of Maryland School of Medicine Until it burst onto the scene earlier this year, Zika was an obscure, little-known virus. As a result, scientists know little about… Read More ›
How bacteria survive antibiotic treatment
Public Release: 19-Dec-2016 Faculty of Science – University of Copenhagen Multiresistant bacteria Scientists around the world are working hard to win the battle against multi-resistant bacteria. A new publication from the BASP Centre, University of Copenhagen now presents… Read More ›
Worrying traces of resistant bacteria in air
Public Release: 18-Nov-2016 University of Gothenburg Polluted city air has now been identified as a possible means of transmission for resistant bacteria. Researchers in Gothenburg have shown that air samples from Beijing contain DNA from genes that make bacteria resistant… Read More ›
Scientists reveal how a common virus triggers blood cancer
Public Release: 10-Nov-2016 University of Sussex Scientists at the University of Sussex, trying to uncover how the common Epstein-Barr virus causes blood cancer in adults and children, have discovered how the virus takes control of two genes involved in… Read More ›
Genome editing: Efficient CRISPR experiments in mouse cells
Public Release: 25-Oct-2016 Researchers develop program for design of CRISPR RNAs and mouse breed especially useful for low-throughput screens Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association In order to use the CRISPR-Cas9 system to cut… Read More ›
Virus carrying DNA of black widow spider toxin discovered
Public Release: 11-Oct-2016 Vanderbilt University A tiny virus that may sting like a black widow spider. That is one of the surprise discoveries made by a pair of Vanderbilt biologists when they sequenced the genome of a virus that… Read More ›
Mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever virus causes miscarriage
Public Release: 3-Oct-2016 Umea University The mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever virus has been linked to miscarriage in humans. A study of 130 pregnant Sudanese women with fever showed that the risk of miscarriage was seven times greater if the… Read More ›
Rare flu-thwarting mutation discovered
Date: September 28, 2016 Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Summary: A rare and improbable mutation in a protein encoded by an influenza virus renders the virus defenseless against the body’s immune system. This discovery could provide a new… Read More ›
Where you live shapes your immune system more than your genes
Date: September 29, 2016 Source: VIB – Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology Summary: Like fingerprints, immune systems vary from person to person. And although we all inherit a unique set of genes that help us respond to infections, recent… Read More ›
