Resolving a key to enterovirus infection: Receptor protein discovery could aid future vaccine design
Researchers found a protein that's essential for an enterovirus to enter human cells. Although not the infamous example—that ...
eLife6d
Nora virus proliferates in dividing intestinal stem cells and sensitizes flies to intestinal infection and oxidative stress
This important study shows that the Nora virus, a natural Drosophila pathogen that also persistently infects many laboratory fly stocks, infects intestinal stem cells (ISCs), leading to a shorter life ...
Scientific American21d
Four Ways the COVID-Causing Virus Changed Science
“I thought, ‘What can I do for the next 20 or 30 years?’” He found an answer in SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, that was rapidly spreading around the worl ...
Nature26d
Four ways COVID changed virology: lessons from the most sequenced virus of all time
“I thought, ‘What can I do for the next 20 or 30 years?’” He found an answer in SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, that was rapidly spreading around the worl ...
Aidsmap26d
Lenacapavir plus broadly neutralising antibodies could be twice-yearly HIV treatment
Lenacapavir is the only approved HIV capsid inhibitor. Teropavimab (GS-5423) is derived from a bnAb called 3BNC117 that targets the CD4 binding site, which the virus uses to enter cells. Zinlirvimab ...
Ars Technica29d
Study: Megalodon’s body shape was closer to a lemon shark
So there has been considerable debate among paleobiologists about megalodon's size, body shape, and swimming speed, among other characteristics. While some researchers have compared megalodon to a ...