Tagged: flu

Plant viruses encode virulence factors or RNA silencing suppressors to reprogram plant cellular processes or to fine-tune host RNA silencing-mediated defense responses. In a previous study, Mulberry mosaic dwarf-associated virus (MMDaV), a novel, highly...

TimeTree is a public knowledge-base for information on the evolutionary timescale of life. Data from thousands of published studies are assembled into a searchable tree of life scaled to time. Three search modes are...

As the cost of sequencing has declined, clinical diagnostics based on next generation sequencing (NGS) have become reality. Diagnostics based on sequencing will require rapid and precise mapping against redundant databases because some of...

I supplemented my lab manual (go.nature.com/2c1dxdt) with a wiki (go.nature.com/2pti9kj), a website of resources for lab members. This included everything from tools for learning the programming languages R and Python and how to do...

In the United States, seasonal influenza causes thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations. The annual timing and burden of the flu season varies considerably with the severity of the circulating viruses....

People can’t rise from the dead, but certain viruses can induce aggressive, zombie-like behavior, according to a new documentary. See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News "Zombie Virus" Possible via Rabies-Flu Hybrid? Source: Virology...

Smokers at high risk of oral HPV and throat cancer Healthy Shoot A new study confirms smokers ar at higher risk of oral HPV infection, that causes throat can… See it on Scoop.it, via...

The nasal spray is back in the picture in newly-released flu vaccine recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics. But MUSC Children’s Health critical care specialist Elizabeth Mack said the nasal spray is still...

Author summary HLA-C is a member of the major histocompatibility complex class-I (MHC-I) family of molecules which are integral to many responses of innate and adaptive immunity. HIV-1 can downregulate the expression level of...

Manual and Guideline from World Health Organization, published 05 Sep 2018… See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News A practical guide for developing and conducting simulation exercises to test and validate pandemic influenza preparedness...