Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape -- to become either spheres or larger filaments -- to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions, according ...

Infection with hepatitis D viruses causes severe inflammation of the liver. An MHH team has now identified a marker on natural killer cells that is influenced by the anti-inflammatory effectiveness of ...

In a new clinical practice guideline, the AGA provided evidence-based recommendations for either antiviral prophylaxis or continued surveillance to manage hepatitis B virus reactivation in patients ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV ... HCV is an RNA virus that is sensed as nonself in the infected liver by host pattern recognition receptors, triggering downstream signaling to interferons (IFNs).

JERUSALEM, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Israeli scientists have discovered a unique genetic mechanism that provides human cells with efficient protection against viruses, the Israel Institute of Technology ...

CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, originally developed for haematological malignancies, has recently emerged as a promising therapy for patients with autoimmune diseases.

This Special Issue is a joint effort between Analytical Chemistry, JPC C, and ACS Omega showing the many ways spectroscopic techniques have benefited from signal enhancement by surfaces. ACS ...

From the flamboyant blossoms and birds of rainforests to the living rainbows of coral reefs, Earth’s surface is teeming ... more than half of all microbial cells,” the researchers said in ...

For the first time, researchers have observed how HIV penetrates the nuclear pores to the genome of human immune cells Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) targets important cells of our immune ...

HIV-1, like other viruses, lacks the machinery to produce its own proteins and must rely on the host cell to translate its genetic instructions. After entering host cells, it seizes control of the ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The inflammasome, a group of immune proteins, can prevent blood stem cells from becoming cancerous by removing specific receptors and inhibiting cancer gene activity ...