Tagged: flu

Author summary Some HIV-infected individuals develop antibodies that are capable of neutralizing the majority of HIV strains, a highly desirable function mediated by the antibody Fab portion. While antibodies elicited by current vaccines have...

Avian and human influenza A viruses alike have shown a capacity to use the eye as a portal of entry and cause ocular disease in human beings. However, whereas influenza viruses generally represent a...

Nathan Geffen – a leading voice in the Treatment Action Campaign and founder of GroundUp – is graduating with a PhD for his work on HIV epidemic simulations. Geffen’s PhD thesis has two components....

Function is like beauty—its definition lies in the eye of the beholder or, in this case, the researcher. At the broadest level, we define organismal function—the function that the protein plays in the overall...

Bats can carry viruses like Ebola and Marburg that are lethal for humans. This may be because, in order to fly, their bodies have given up on fighting such virusesSee it on Scoop.it, via...

The virus that causes African swine fever is harmless to humans, but fatal to pigs.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses, Immunology & Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Denmark to build fence on German border to keep...

At first, tests were positive for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. Then something strange happened. The pigs stopped testing positive for that virus — but kept getting sick.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses, Immunology &...

Rob Gifford Blog: Virology, Evolution, GenomicsSee it on Scoop.it, via Viruses, Immunology & Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Gifford Lab (CVR) – Hunting Parvoviruses in Brazil Source: Viral Bioinformatics

A fetus in its mother’s womb must somehow evade detection by her immune system. In an “Alien”-like scenario, genes that permit this have been captured from once harmful viruses.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses,...

Linux is the oft-ignored third wheel to Windows and Mac. Yes, over the past decade, the open source operating system has gained a lot of traction, but it’s still a far cry from being...