His research involves studying the structure of viruses and how they interface with the cells of their hosts’ bodies — hence the mapping of the Zika antibodies. That structural understanding is key to ...

Researchers have shown, for the first time, how the genetic material of the Nipah virus replicates in infected cells. The ...

The dengue virus has a roughly spherical shape. Inside the virus is the nucleocapsid, which is made of the viral genome and C proteins. The nucleocapsid is surrounded by a membrane called the ...

The double helical structure is made of two strands consisting of deoxyribose ... It is derived from the cell membrane of the host cell when the virus buds, or exits, the infected cell. The envelope ...

Viruses are tiny agents that can infect a variety of living organisms, including bacteria, plants, and animals. Like other viruses, the dengue virus is a microscopic structure that can only ...

DNA is a super flexible and modular structure, meaning that with the right sequences ... in theory, cordon the virus off from a potential host cell and prevent infection, though the team didn’t test ...

A researcher in Purdue University’s College of Science is developing a patent-pending platform technology that mimics the dual-layer structure of viruses to deliver nucleic acid (NA)-based therapies ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine with collaborators at Pennsylvania State University report in Nature Communications a strategy Zika virus uses to covertly spread in placental cells ...