Virology

Credit: University of Saskatchewan Using a relevant animal model (pigs), University of Saskatchewan researchers have shown that mild Zika virus infection in fetuses can cause abnormal brain development in apparently healthy young animals.…

Researchers from EPFL and MIT have shown that human mobility is a major factor in the spread of vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue even over short intra-city distances. In a paper published in Scientific Reports, the team…

New mechanism to explain how the cell organelle that sorts and distributes substances entering a cell is formed and maintainedCredit: Tokyo University of Science The cells in our body are workshops that continuously operate to…

A new study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine revealed how in utero Zika virus infection can lead to microcephaly in newborns. The team discovered that the Zika virus protein NS4A disrupts brain growth by hijacking a…

What survives, thrives and dominates over a thousand generations? The answer might be even more complex than previously thought Aa team of scientists, led by Harvard researchers, has used a new method of DNA "re-barcoding" to track rapid…

Credit: The Hyser lab Some gastrointestinal viruses need calcium. They need calcium ions to carry out several essential aspects of viral life, such as entry into host cells, genome replication and building new viruses to invade other…

Scientists from Goethe University and Senckenberg Society for Nature Research are developing maps on the Zika virus infection riskCredit: Dorian D. Dörge, Goethe University FRANKFURT. The spread of infectious diseases such as Zika…

Loss of ice opens pathways for disease transmission among sea lions, ice seals, sea otters and othersCredit: NOAA Fisheries, Polar Ecosystems Program Scientists have linked the decline in Arctic sea ice to the emergence of a deadly…

Artic sea ice reduction due to climate change may allow pathogens infecting sea mammals to spread more regularly between the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. Shifts in the…

BOSTON - Current HIV-1 therapies have been proven to be highly effective in slowing the progression of the virus in the body with only minimal side effects. The daily antiretroviral therapy (ART) uses a combination of HIV-1 medicines. A…