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The treatment for an inherited type of ALS shows promise in extending survival and reversing neuromuscular damage in research with rats and mice. See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News This ALS treatment extends...

Although epidemic jaundice was well known to physicians of antiquity, it is only in recent years that medical science has begun to unravel the origins of hepatitis A virus (HAV) and the unique pathobiology...

Viruses modulate ecosystems by directly altering host metabolisms through auxiliary metabolic genes, which are obtained through random sampling of the host genome and rise to fixation, presumably through improved viral fitness by alleviating key...

Emergence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) drug resistance arises from mutation fixation in the viral genome during antiretroviral therapy. Primary mutations directly confer antiviral drug resistance, while secondary mutations arise that do...

Influenza virus continues to be a major health problem due to the continually changing immunodominant head regions of the major surface glycoprotein, hemagglutinin (HA). However, some emerging vaccine platforms designed by biotechnology efforts, such...

Virus-like particles (VLPs) are protein-based structures that mimic viruses and bind to antibodies. Because VLPs are not infectious, they show considerable promise as vaccine platforms for many viral diseases, including influenza. See it on...

People who oppose mandatory vaccination programmes do so on many grounds, and those grounds have shifted over the years. Many of their positions have become more nuanced and, they think, better informed. See it...

Author summary In addition to innate and adaptive immunities, many cellular proteins also exert antiviral activity against viral invasion. Human zinc-finger antiviral protein (ZAP) is a cellular restriction factor against many viruses but its...

As the global eradication of wild poliovirus nears, the World Health Organization (WHO) is addressing challenges unprecedented in public health. The live, attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV), used for more than four decades to...

Australian flu vaccine supplies have been restocked and it’s prompted a major health warning from doctors, … See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Australian flu vaccine supplies restocked after nationwide shortage Source: Virology...