Vaccinia viruses serve as a vaccine against human smallpox and as the basis of new cancer therapies. Two studies now provide fascinating insights into their unusual propagation strategy at the atomic ...

A lineage of type 1 dengue virus found in Brazil is able to prevail over another even though it multiplies less in vector mosquitoes and infected human cells. This discovery was made under the scope ...

ALTHOUGH it is well established that inactivated viral particles interfere with the multiplication of active virus, the intimate mechanism of the phenomenon is unknown. The fundamental experiments, ...

CSIR lab, Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), has claimed that the clinical trials of antiviral drug, Umifenovir, in treatment of Covid-19, can effectively reduce viral load to zero in mild or ...

BECAUSE of its waxy cuticle, plant leaf tissue admits few substances applied to the leaf surface. Biochemical studies on the effects of exogenous additives on cell metabolism may require such ...

New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): A new study has claimed that DRDO's anti-COVID drug 2-DG is effective against all variants of COVID-19 and the drug reduces virus multiplication. "In this study, we ...

For viruses to multiply, they usually need the support of the cells they infect. In many cases, only in their host's nucleus can they find the machines, enzymes and building blocks with which they can ...

The next hypothesis was that L6's higher viral fitness might be due to its higher multiplication rate in the mosquito. The researchers therefore infected captive mosquitoes (bred for use in scientific ...