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Virus structure
The structure of a virus contains four major components: 1) the genome, 2) the capsid, 3) the envelope, 4) enzymes. Viruses can only maintain their structure and function by deriving energy from a host cell which occurs upon infection.
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MAR 26, 2024Technology
What non-invasive methods can be developed to kill viruses on site? This is what a recent study published in ACS Nano ho ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 05, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Viruses need host cells, and pathogens have many different ways to infect them. Scientists have revealed a rapid movemen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Viruses are entities that have to infect other cells in order to replicate. They may have genomes that are made of DNA o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2023Neuroscience
The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered a myriad of health challenges, with some patients experiencing ling ...Written By: Greta AnneNOV 20, 2023Microbiology
Researchers have now had several years to study thethat causes COVID-19 virus, and now we know a lot more about how it c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2023Cancer
Introduction CAR-T therapies represent a new successful strategy for the treatment of hematological malignancies; howeve ...Sponsored By: Sino BiologicalOCT 13, 2023Microbiology
There is so much we don't know about microbes, even while these organisms are the most numerous on the planet. A rec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 06, 2023Microbiology
New details have been revealed about how coronaviruses enter cells. This work used cutting edge microscopy and computati ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2023Immunology
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks the immune system and weakens the body’s ability to fig ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeJUL 18, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
Evolution of Antibody Humanization and Affinity Maturation Antibodies play a vital role in the immune system by providin ...Sponsored By: Sino BiologicalJUL 06, 2023Immunology
May people worry that infectious pathogens will become resistant to current first-line therapies like antibiotics. Bacte ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeJUL 02, 2023Genetics & Genomics
When astronauts venture into space, they are exposed to cosmic radiation and significant alterations in gravity. In rece ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2023Cancer
Introduction Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapies involve the use of engineered receptors capable of redirecting im ...Sponsored By: Sino BiologicalMAR 30, 2023Immunology
The lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infects rodents as well as humans, and has long been used to study how the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 23, 2023Microbiology
Infection from Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) resembles a cold but can become severe in young children, older adults, ...Written By: Anusha NaganathanMAR 15, 2023Microbiology
The planet is warming,especially in the Arctic. That is causing permafrost to melt, which is unleashing the microbes wit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Vaccination against viruses commonly uses viral proteins to induce an immune response. The vaccine presents the viral pr ...Written By: Anusha NaganathanFEB 13, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Even though humans are complex organisms and bacteria are single cells, and each are made of completely different cell t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 08, 2023Immunology
The immune system can mount crucial defenses when our bodies are threatened by pathogens. But those defenses have to be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
The virus that causes COVID-19 uses the upper airways as a "launchpad" to infect others, said the researchers.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2022Microbiology
For decades, people relied on antibiotics to eliminate bacterial infections, and for a long time, those antibiotics work ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool has changed biomedical research, and has even been used in the clinic in a few cases t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2022Immunology
Zika virus is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and can cause a mild illness in otherwise healthy adults. But wh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2022Neuroscience
The virus that causes COVID-19 does not infect neurons, or if it does, that only happens in rare cases. But COVID-19 can ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 26, 2024
Technology
What non-invasive methods can be developed to kill viruses on site? This is what a recent study published in ACS Nano ho
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 05, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Viruses need host cells, and pathogens have many different ways to infect them. Scientists have revealed a rapid movemen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Viruses are entities that have to infect other cells in order to replicate. They may have genomes that are made of DNA o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2023
Neuroscience
The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered a myriad of health challenges, with some patients experiencing ling
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
NOV 20, 2023
Microbiology
Researchers have now had several years to study thethat causes COVID-19 virus, and now we know a lot more about how it c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2023
Cancer
Introduction CAR-T therapies represent a new successful strategy for the treatment of hematological malignancies; howeve
...
Sponsored By:
Sino Biological
OCT 13, 2023
Microbiology
There is so much we don't know about microbes, even while these organisms are the most numerous on the planet. A rec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2023
Microbiology
New details have been revealed about how coronaviruses enter cells. This work used cutting edge microscopy and computati
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2023
Immunology
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks the immune system and weakens the body’s ability to fig
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
JUL 18, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Evolution of Antibody Humanization and Affinity Maturation Antibodies play a vital role in the immune system by providin
...
Sponsored By:
Sino Biological
JUL 06, 2023
Immunology
May people worry that infectious pathogens will become resistant to current first-line therapies like antibiotics. Bacte
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
JUL 02, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
When astronauts venture into space, they are exposed to cosmic radiation and significant alterations in gravity. In rece
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2023
Cancer
Introduction Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapies involve the use of engineered receptors capable of redirecting im
...
Sponsored By:
Sino Biological
MAR 30, 2023
Immunology
The lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infects rodents as well as humans, and has long been used to study how the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 23, 2023
Microbiology
Infection from Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) resembles a cold but can become severe in young children, older adults,
...
Written By:
Anusha Naganathan
MAR 15, 2023
Microbiology
The planet is warming,especially in the Arctic. That is causing permafrost to melt, which is unleashing the microbes wit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Vaccination against viruses commonly uses viral proteins to induce an immune response. The vaccine presents the viral pr
...
Written By:
Anusha Naganathan
FEB 13, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Even though humans are complex organisms and bacteria are single cells, and each are made of completely different cell t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2023
Immunology
The immune system can mount crucial defenses when our bodies are threatened by pathogens. But those defenses have to be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
The virus that causes COVID-19 uses the upper airways as a "launchpad" to infect others, said the researchers.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2022
Microbiology
For decades, people relied on antibiotics to eliminate bacterial infections, and for a long time, those antibiotics work
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool has changed biomedical research, and has even been used in the clinic in a few cases t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2022
Immunology
Zika virus is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and can cause a mild illness in otherwise healthy adults. But wh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2022
Neuroscience
The virus that causes COVID-19 does not infect neurons, or if it does, that only happens in rare cases. But COVID-19 can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch