A Random Name Picker for Your Classroom
Name Picker Ninja is free tool for quickly randomly selecting a name from a list. Using Name Picker Ninja is a simple matter of pasting oSee it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from...
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Multifunctional cytomegalovirus (CMV)‐specific CD8+ T cells are not restricted by telomere‐related senescence in young or old adults
Antigen‐specific multifunctional T cells that secrete interferon‐γ, interleukin‐2 and tumour necrosis factor‐α simultaneously after activation are important for the control of many infections. It iSee it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca...
Ancient Retrovirus Embedded In Human Genome Helps Fight HIV-1 Infection
Throughout our evolution, viruses have continually infected humans just as they do today. Some early viruses became integrated into our genome and are now known as human endogenous retroviruses (HE…See it on Scoop.it, via...
Avoiding CRISPR-Mediated Gene-Drive–Evolved Resistance in Mosquitoes
New gene-editing technique could drive out mosquito-borne diseaseSee it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Avoiding CRISPR-Mediated Gene-Drive–Evolved Resistance in Mosquitoes Source: Viral Bioinformatics
Fixing CRISPR | Biotech from Bench to Business | GEN
CRISPR/Cas9’s off-target effects have raised serious concerns about its ultimate applicability to human therapies.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Fixing CRISPR | Biotech from Bench to Business | GEN Source:...
ProtVista: visualization of protein sequence annotations | Bioinformatics | Oxford Academic
Summary: ProtVista is a comprehensive visualization tool for the graphical representation of protein sequence features in the UniProt Knowledgebase, experimental proteomics and variation public datasets. The complexity and relationships in this wealth of data...
UK Pigs at the Time of Slaughter: Investigation into the Correlation of Infection with PRRSV and HEV
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and are both globally prevalent in the pig population. While HEV does not cause clinical disease in pigs, its zoonotic potential has...
Phage-Phagocyte Interactions and Their Implications for Phage Application as Therapeutics
Phagocytes are the main component of innate immunity. They remove pathogens and particles from organisms using their bactericidal tools in the form of both reactive oxygen species and degrading enzymes—contained in granules—that are potentially...
Bats really do harbor more dangerous viruses than other species
A new study is set to end a long-running debate among virus ecologistsSee it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Bats really do harbor more dangerous viruses than other species Source: Viral...
Infectious diseases: Predictions of virus spillover across species : Nature : Nature Research
Most human infectious diseases are initially transmitted from animals. An analysis of all known mammalian viruses improves our understanding of such cross-species spillover, with potential benefits for public health. See it on Scoop.it, via...
