Protein P30 of the lipid-containing bacteriophage PRD1, structurally determined more than 20 years ago, and predicted as a disordered protein, was the first to be identified possessing a string-like ...

Researchers have developed a method using viruses to track neuronal development in frogs, shedding light on the evolution of ...

A team analyzed the amino acids that affect the formation of spores in a bacterium that causes food poisoning, Clostridium perfringens, and identified serine as an amino acid that inhibits spore ...

Researchers discovered a vulnerability in viral enzymes that could lead to novel treatments for diseases as diverse as COVID-19 and Ebola -- while also minimizing side effects and reducing the odds of ...

You know rabies is dangerous. You know it’s illegal to own certain animals, like cats and dogs, without keeping them up to ...

A study published in Science looks at a mutation in bovine influenza (H5N1) hemagglutinin (HA) which could switch binding specificity to human receptors. Prof Ian Brown, Dr Thomas Peacock and Prof ...

Here the authors show that Nicotiana benthamiana NbMPK3/6 can phosphorylate the tomato chlorosis virus P7 protein leading to suppression of callose-dependent antiviral defence. KSHV modifies ...

The NanoGripper, a DNA-based nanorobot, rapidly detects and blocks viruses, including COVID-19, and could revolutionize ...

Image courtesy of Xing Wang The DNA structure determines the finger's bending ... “Our test is very fast and simple since we ...

A tiny, four-fingered “hand” folded from a single piece of DNA can pick up the virus that causes COVID-19 for highly ...

"Our test is very fast and simple since we detect the intact virus directly," Cunningham said ... "There are some adjustments ...