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Viral Genetics
In viral genetics, scientists study the life cycle of viruses from a genetic perspective. They may study various aspects of viral biology including how the genes affect biophysical, biochemical, and biologic pathways critical to the virus' survival.
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FEB 10, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Screening large “libraries” of compounds to find those with a desired biological activity is a powerful meth ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 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 18, 2015Immunology
The art of diagnosis will soon be fine-tuned; Stanford scientists identified a specific pattern of gene expression that ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 03, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Human papilloma virus (HPV) is a group of 150 different types of related viruses which are known to cause warts, also ca ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 25, 2015Immunology
The H1N1 influenza caused a massive panic in 2009, and scientists may have an answer for why this strain of flu is so mu ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) tabulated that 122,563 people currently are in need of a lifesaving organ tr ...NOV 10, 2015Microbiology
When day-dreaming about your microbiome, don’t forget the viruses! The “virome” doesn’t ge ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 05, 2015Neuroscience
Most people don’t realize that the genetic remnants of viruses from millions of years ago still reside in human DN ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 30, 2015Immunology
Currently in the United States, 13 percent of the 1.2 million people infected with HIV are unaware of their condition (A ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 28, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In spite of the fact that few products have reached the market and captured strong revenues thus far, the gene therapy p ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 28, 2015Immunology
Smallpox killed 30% of its victims and brutally scarred those who survived the infection. In 1980, the terribly infectio ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 11, 2015Health & Medicine
Ebola is a highly infectious, hemorrhagic disease that caused a huge outbreak last year, primarily in West Africa. ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 29, 2015Cancer
Viruses can be involved in the development of serious diseases. A case in point is liver cancer, which often develops in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, say that they have “made a significa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAPR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of ye ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have long suspected that respiratory viruses - the sort that cause common colds or bronchitis - play a critic ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 14, 2015Microbiology
How bacterial cells recognize their own DNA.
It may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that bacteria have a ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 13, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The Science
Some wild microorganisms, found in nature and not grown in the laboratory, reinterpret the instructions ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a first study to test a new generation of HIV antibodies in humans, an experimental therapy lowered the virus amount ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Immunology
Modern humans have been blamed for killing off the Neanderthals by out competing them, breeding with them and even outri ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
FEB 10, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Screening large “libraries” of compounds to find those with a desired biological activity is a powerful meth
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
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 18, 2015
Immunology
The art of diagnosis will soon be fine-tuned; Stanford scientists identified a specific pattern of gene expression that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 03, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Human papilloma virus (HPV) is a group of 150 different types of related viruses which are known to cause warts, also ca
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 25, 2015
Immunology
The H1N1 influenza caused a massive panic in 2009, and scientists may have an answer for why this strain of flu is so mu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 21, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) tabulated that 122,563 people currently are in need of a lifesaving organ tr
...
NOV 10, 2015
Microbiology
When day-dreaming about your microbiome, don’t forget the viruses! The “virome” doesn’t ge
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Most people don’t realize that the genetic remnants of viruses from millions of years ago still reside in human DN
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 30, 2015
Immunology
Currently in the United States, 13 percent of the 1.2 million people infected with HIV are unaware of their condition (A
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In spite of the fact that few products have reached the market and captured strong revenues thus far, the gene therapy p
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 28, 2015
Immunology
Smallpox killed 30% of its victims and brutally scarred those who survived the infection. In 1980, the terribly infectio
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
Ebola is a highly infectious, hemorrhagic disease that caused a huge outbreak last year, primarily in West Africa.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2015
Cancer
Viruses can be involved in the development of serious diseases. A case in point is liver cancer, which often develops in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, say that they have “made a significa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
APR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of ye
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have long suspected that respiratory viruses - the sort that cause common colds or bronchitis - play a critic
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 14, 2015
Microbiology
How bacterial cells recognize their own DNA.
It may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that bacteria have a ...
It may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that bacteria have a ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 13, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The Science
Some wild microorganisms, found in nature and not grown in the laboratory, reinterpret the instructions ...
Some wild microorganisms, found in nature and not grown in the laboratory, reinterpret the instructions ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In a first study to test a new generation of HIV antibodies in humans, an experimental therapy lowered the virus amount
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 07, 2015
Immunology
Modern humans have been blamed for killing off the Neanderthals by out competing them, breeding with them and even outri
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider