Tag: Virus
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...