CORNELL (US) — Herpesviruses are thrifty reproducers, only sending off their most infectious progeny to invade new cells and continue spreading.

Virologists have identified proteins in the nuclear membranes of infected cells that control which viral products exit. This map could be used to identify new targets for future drugs that would hamper viral reproduction by clogging inspection pathways to trap viruses in the cells they first infect.

The findings are reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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RICE (US) — Scientists have defined the structure, down to the atomic level,  of a virus that causes juvenile diarrhea.

The findings could  lead to the development of medications to block it before it becomes infectious.

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