Tag: Virus
Evidence Points to Animal Market, Not Lab, as Epicenter of Pandemic
Evidence Points to Animal Market, Not Lab, as Epicenter of Pandemic
In a new paper published in Science, UArizona virus expert Michael Worobey connects...
Possible new antivirals against COVID-19, herpes
Clinically approved antiviral drugs are currently available for only 10 of the more than 220 viruses known to infect humans. The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has...
Filter membrane renders viruses harmless
Researchers led by ETH Zurich have developed a new water filter membrane that is both highly effective and environmentally friendly. The membrane eliminates a...
Mechanism for Rift Valley fever virus infection discovered
Brooke Harmon, a virologist at Sandia National Laboratories, led research that found a cellular pathway for Rift Valley fever virus infection, the first step...
Zika virus directly infects brain cells and evades immune system detection,...
The mosquito-borne Zika virus linked to microcephaly and other neurological problems in newborns of affected mothers directly infects the brain progenitor cells destined to...
Origin of life: An artificial comet holds the missing piece
Ultraviolet processing of pre-cometary ices (left) reproduces the natural evolution of interstellar ices observed in molecular clouds (right, the 'Pillars of Creation'), leading to...
