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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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SEP 12, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Dana Farber/Boston Children's has been able to selectively silence a gene, BCL11A, found in 2008 to be an integral part ...Written By: Jennifer EllisAUG 31, 2016Microbiology
New research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters demonstrates the ability of small molecules to bl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2016Microbiology
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Sometimes the immune system can react too strongly to influenza infections and cause lethal complications of pneumonia. ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 19, 2016Microbiology
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Researchers led by Olve Peersen, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Colorado State U ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
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While the process of copying DNA to make new strands includes a proofreading function to ensure accuracy, the so-called ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2016Microbiology
Summer means mosquitoes. Mosquitoes mean itchy mosquito bites. Those itchy bites aren’t just a nuisance, they actu ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
After a cold virus (rhinovirus) gets into our bodies it must get access to our cells in order to release its RNA and mul ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2016Cancer
Micro RNAs surface once again as a powerful player in human health and disease. Scientists have implicated a panel of 15 ...APR 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Ebola infection and transmission caused a huge international health crisis in 2015 in West Africa, the site of the large ...APR 01, 2016Microbiology
A team of researchers announced in the journal Science that they’ve determined the structure of the Zika virus and ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 30, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers claim to have pinpointed the neural stem cells that Zika seems to be targeting. The Zika virus outbrea ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 09, 2016Videos
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, attacks a vital group of white blood cells in the body, the T-cells. These cells are on ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 02, 2016Microbiology
University of Minnesota researchers found a new, more affordable way to treat HIV. The RNA-based drug 5-azacytidin ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 29, 2016Immunology
Scientists are constantly trying to pinpoint the causation behind children who develop autism, often looking to genetics ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 14, 2016Genetics & Genomics
A disease that causes blindness in both rats and humans could be prevented or reversed with a new genetic editing techno ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 05, 2016Genetics & Genomics
There’s no rest for the weary, and that includes researchers looking for a definitive cure and treatment plan for ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 02, 2016Immunology
Polio is close to being eradicated, and once it is, scientists want to keep it that way. The live attenuated polio vacci ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 26, 2015Immunology
Plants get infected with viruses just like what we do. Scientists recently discovered that a virus that infects the cowp ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2015Microbiology
Austrian researchers discovered a new strain of bacteria in foxes. It is closely related to Candidatus Neoehrlichi ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 20, 2015Health & Medicine
A new use of an old drug might be the "game changer” researchers were looking for in their quest to cure HIV. ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetOCT 16, 2015Microbiology
This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Ebola (and it probably won’t be the last). Recently ...Written By: Kerry Evans
SEP 12, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Dana Farber/Boston Children's has been able to selectively silence a gene, BCL11A, found in 2008 to be an integral part
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
AUG 31, 2016
Microbiology
New research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters demonstrates the ability of small molecules to bl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2016
Microbiology
Honey bee viruses. It’s safe to say that’s the first time I’ve strung those three words together. Hone
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 19, 2016
Immunology
Sometimes the immune system can react too strongly to influenza infections and cause lethal complications of pneumonia.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 19, 2016
Microbiology
The common cold virus grows best at cooler temperatures (like in your nose), just a few degrees below core body temperat
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 18, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers led by Olve Peersen, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Colorado State U
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Making and deploying vaccines can be costly and time-consuming. But, using a new technique that involves RNA and nanopar
...
JUL 03, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
While the process of copying DNA to make new strands includes a proofreading function to ensure accuracy, the so-called
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2016
Microbiology
Summer means mosquitoes. Mosquitoes mean itchy mosquito bites. Those itchy bites aren’t just a nuisance, they actu
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
After a cold virus (rhinovirus) gets into our bodies it must get access to our cells in order to release its RNA and mul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2016
Cancer
Micro RNAs surface once again as a powerful player in human health and disease. Scientists have implicated a panel of 15
...
APR 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ebola infection and transmission caused a huge international health crisis in 2015 in West Africa, the site of the large
...
APR 01, 2016
Microbiology
A team of researchers announced in the journal Science that they’ve determined the structure of the Zika virus and
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 30, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers claim to have pinpointed the neural stem cells that Zika seems to be targeting. The Zika virus outbrea
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 09, 2016
Videos
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, attacks a vital group of white blood cells in the body, the T-cells. These cells are on
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 02, 2016
Microbiology
University of Minnesota researchers found a new, more affordable way to treat HIV. The RNA-based drug 5-azacytidin
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 29, 2016
Immunology
Scientists are constantly trying to pinpoint the causation behind children who develop autism, often looking to genetics
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 14, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
A disease that causes blindness in both rats and humans could be prevented or reversed with a new genetic editing techno
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 05, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
There’s no rest for the weary, and that includes researchers looking for a definitive cure and treatment plan for
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 02, 2016
Immunology
Polio is close to being eradicated, and once it is, scientists want to keep it that way. The live attenuated polio vacci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 26, 2015
Immunology
Plants get infected with viruses just like what we do. Scientists recently discovered that a virus that infects the cowp
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2015
Microbiology
Austrian researchers discovered a new strain of bacteria in foxes. It is closely related to Candidatus Neoehrlichi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 20, 2015
Health & Medicine
A new use of an old drug might be the "game changer” researchers were looking for in their quest to cure HIV.
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
OCT 16, 2015
Microbiology
This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Ebola (and it probably won’t be the last). Recently
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans