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RNA Virus
An RNA virus is a type of virus that has RNA as genetic material. As the RNA virus enters the host, the virus makes use of the presence of endogenous cellular RNA-dependent RNA polymerases. This allows the virus to replicate its genome and integrate itself into the host's DNA. Once integrated, the virus may become latent (such as in HIV infection) or maybe be transcribed to continually produce new viral proteins (such as in SARS-CoV-2 infection). Examples of RNA viruses include the hepatitis C virus, the virus that causes Ebola, SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease), polio, measles, and the HIV virus.
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Many viruses have genomes made of RNA. In human cells, messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules act as intermediates; cellular mac ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne illness, meaning it is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. The virus can c
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
OCT 31, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There is viral DNA in the human genome, and each instance traces back to an ancestor who was infected with a retrovirus.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
In early April, Pfizer announced a $525 million acquisition of ReViral’s novel therapy for respiratory syncytial v
...
Sponsored By:
Sino Biological
SEP 16, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The majority of SARS-CoV-2 infections start to get better within several days, although infected people can shed virus a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 15, 2022
Immunology
While our immune system is usually able to identify and destroy pathogenic invaders like bacteria and viruses, those mic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The genome contains the sequences for protein-coding genes, but before those seuquences are translated into protein, the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system has revolutionized biomedical research, and has now even been used in the clinic is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2022
Health & Medicine
A study published in JAMA Network Open discovered an association between clinical cases of COVID-19 and viral loads in w
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
AUG 17, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Surprisingly similar mechanisms of pattern recognition can be found among incredibly diverse organisms.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2022
Microbiology
This new approach could also be effective against many different types of RNA viruses.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2022
Health & Medicine
This year, 29 infants have been admitted to the Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center with human p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
With the 2020 Covid lockdowns still fresh in our minds, the recent outbreak of monkeypox in the United States has many p
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 18, 2022
Microbiology
For the first time, Marburg virus has been detected in Ghana after two people died from the disease. Marburg virus is si
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Magnetic beads (or superparamagnetic particles) can be used for the isolation and purification of cells, nucleic acids,
...
JUL 08, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Long COVID is a term used to describe a wide variety of health problems that some people experience after an infection o
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 05, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
As covered by Labroots in 2017, Powassan virus is an often-lethal tick-borne virus that currently has no treatment. Thou
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUN 23, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
When viral pathogens like influenza infect cells, they can take over the machinery in the host cells that have been infe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists changed biomedical engineering and took gene editing to a new level when they created CRISPR-Cas9, which util
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2022
Microbiology
African fruit bats are the natural hosts of Marburg and Ebola viruses, both of which are filoviruses. These RNA viruses
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 14, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
COVID-19 is more effectively treated by a combination of drugs than singular drugs alone. The corresponding study was pu
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 05, 2021
Health & Medicine
Many researchers have been working diligently to track the evolution of the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2021
Microbiology
On Thursday, November 2021, South African health officials announced that they had identified a new variant of the pande
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2021
Microbiology
Though treatments are available, there is no cure or vaccine from HIV, which impacts about 38 million people worldwide.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many viruses have genomes made of RNA. In human cells, messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules act as intermediates; cellular mac
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch