Virology
- Virology
How Rare antibodies can neutralize many types of Ebola Virus
Ebola virus Ebola virus can cause a severe, often fatal illness in humans. It can be transferred to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission. It causes severe bleeding, organ failure and ultimately leads to death. What’s new? A recent study from the Scripps Research Institute brought weaknesses of Ebola virus into the spotlight.…
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Virus Gene Helping Bacteria to Survive in Absence of Essential Gene
A new research led by the team of researchers from Uppsala University, Sweden have found that the bacteriophage which is a virus and infects bacteria also helps bacteria to develop new function by revealing the undiscovered potential of their bacterial host. This new discovery also has solved the mystery of evolutionary biology i.e. how new function arises which means how…
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How Viruses Deactivate The Immune System
A new study done in McGill University have revealed a molecular mechanism which can give an answer to the question that how the virus is dodging the immune system and causing chronic infections, such as HIV or hepatitis c virus.
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