Posts Tagged ‘retrovirus’
So, that’s how retroviruses replicate
PENN STATE (US)—How a retrovirus, like HIV, reproduces and assembles new viruses is different than previously thought, according to researchers. Continue…
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 12:09 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Apr 12, 2010 16:42 - 0 Comments
HIV drugs inhibit prostate cancer virus
EMORY (US)—Four drugs used to treat HIV infection can inhibit a retrovirus recently linked to prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome, according to a recent study published in the journal PLoS One. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 8, 2010 15:58 - 1 Comment
New clues to how RNA gets in shape
U. MICHIGAN—Researchers have discovered that the rules dictating the 3-D shapes of RNA molecules are not based on complex chemical interactions, but simply on geometry. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 7, 2009 10:55 - 1 Comment
AIDS forerunner hijacked animal gene
U. ROCHESTER (US)—An ancestor of the AIDS virus hijacked an entire gene—perhaps from some prehistoric cat it had infected. Researchers say the gene makes it easier for the virus to infect humans. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 28, 2009 10:29 - 0 Comments
Misery loves company— just ask a retrovirus
Retroviruses (red) form in infected cell and are transmitted to neighboring cell. Green proteins bind the cells. “Our hope is that somewhere down the road we will have a completely new antiviral strategy based on targeting cell-to-cell transmission,” says lead researcher Walther Mothes. (Courtesy: Yale University)
