RNA is a central molecule in RNA virus biology, acting not only as a messenger of protein synthesis, but also as a genome. However, viruses encode a limited number of proteins able to interact with ...

The oldest example of the common cold virus has been discovered by scientists on tissue samples from a woman who was infected around 250 years ago. It proved to be a breakthrough for researchers, ...

A team of scientists at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg and the University of Regensburg has unveiled insights into how HIV-1, the virus responsible for ...

Finding rhinoviruses, which cause the common cold, in preserved medical specimens and analysing their RNA genome could let us ...

To fight the virus that causes influenza, one of the avenues being explored by scientists is the development of drugs capable of destabilizing its genome, made up of RNA molecules. But the challenge ...

This article is based on a poster originally authored by Harrison H, Glen A , Andrews B, Bayle E, Duncan C, Fyfe M , Guest P, Rausch O , Swain C, Thomas B, Zemla-Brown A, Baric R, Chen Y, Froggatt H, ...

Impact Respiratory RNA Virus Diseases' and the rapidly evolving subject area, we are pleased to launch Volume II for this topic.The threat posed by avian influenza to humans today, the possibility of ...

Bioxytran has reported positive results from its completed phase 2 trial of ProLectin‑M, showing rapid and sustained viral clearance in subjects with laboratory‑confirmed acute viral infection. The ...

Bangladeshi researchers have uncovered an emerging bat-borne virus in archived throat swabs and viral cultures from five ...