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Researchers observes what exactly happens at beginning of possible endosy
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Endosymbiosis is a remarkable biological phenomenon in which one creature resides within another. Such an unconventional partnership is usually advantageous to both parties. Even in human bodies, we find evidence of such cohabitation: mitochondria, the cells' powerhouses, originated from an
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Study finds pathogens coerce immunity by using force
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A study found that pathogens can use physical force to defeat a cell's defence mechanisms. The study found that pathogens can avoid being ingested by immune cells by exerting a "propulsive force."
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Anti-leishmaniasis drugs change host cells at molecular level: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers have proven the efficacy of vaccines they created to prevent the disfiguring skin illness leishmaniasis in animal experiments, and the most promising candidate is currently undergoing preparation for a Phase 1 human trial.
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Study reveals how skin cancer virus outcompetes DNA replication in host ce
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have demonstrated for the first time how Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV), which causes an aggressive skin cancer known as Merkel cell carcinoma, begins DNA replication in host cells
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New compound inhibits influenza virus replication: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The host cell's molecular arsenal is used by viruses to multiply. This is something that researchers from the University of Bonn's Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation2 and their Japanese counterparts hope to take advantage of for the treatment of influenza.
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Scientists map key protein structure of Hepatitis C virus
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A team led by scientists at Scripps Research and the University of Amsterdam has achieved an important goal in virology: mapping, at high resolution, critical proteins that stud the surface of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and enable it to enter host cells.
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Research: Presence of ancient viral DNA in human genome protects against i
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Viral DNA in human genomes, embedded there from ancient infections, serve as antivirals that protect human cells against certain present-day viruses, according to new research.
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Research proposes a new live-attenuated influenza A vaccine approach to de
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 4 (ANI): A research team led by Prof. SI Longlong from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a new live-attenuated influenza vaccine approach -- generating proteolysis-targeting chimeric (PROTAC) influenza A
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Study targets mouse's own cells to treat pneumonia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 16 (ANI): Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a therapy that targets host cells rather than bacterial cells in treating bacterial pneumonia in rodents.
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Within human blood cells, researchers trace malaria parasites
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Sendai [Japan], Dec 29 (ANI): Researchers have developed a robust network link map on malaria transactions between human host cells.
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