"Our stem cell-based cell culture system is a valuable model to study viral infections," says Carpentier. "The cells are almost identical to primary liver cells and therefore offer more realistic ...

Antibody (Ab)-dependent enhancement of infection occurs when preexisting antibodies present in the body from a primary (first) dengue virus (DENV) infection bind to an infecting DENV particle ...

A study by former Junior Associate Professor Kazuo Takayama, currently a professor of the Institute of Science Tokyo, ...

Viral infection is the invasion of the body by a small agent known as a virus. Viruses replicate inside host cells and can produce toxins that cause disease. The immune system helps to destroy ...

The model and the actual trials of the drug both showed that it was "biologically effective but clinically questionable, unless administered shortly after viral infection," they said. They also ...

Researchers have uncovered the atomic structure of the bacteriophage φTE, which infects and kills the plant pathogen Pectobacterium atrosepticum. Using cryo-electron microscopy, they revealed unique ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A large dormant virus, named Punuivirus, was discovered in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. This virus, the largest known with a latent infection cycle ...