Expertise includes nucleic acid chemistry, nucleic acid biotechnology, DNA-based diagnostics ... by the common cold virus to enter and infect human cells. Studies the envelope proteins of viruses, ...

As such, research with the virus is highly regulated (and therefore relatively scarce). Viruses are infectious agents with either RNA or DNA as their genetic material. The nucleic acid used by ...

Ebola is a small virus with a single-strand negative-sense RNA. Four strains have been described ... As discussed by Dr. Nabel, DNA vaccination followed by boost with recombinant adenoviral ...

Researchers at the University of Iowa (UI) Health Care and colleagues at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and Boston University, used human skin explants to track the cellular route that ...

This genetic material can be either deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or ribonucleic acid (RNA). DNA is a two-strand ... that cause diseases such as Ebola, African swine fever and foot-and-mouth disease.

Ebola virus, being highly pathogenic for humans and non-human primates and the subject of former weapons programmes, is now one of the most feared pathogens worldwide. In addition, the lack of pre ...

A virus is, arguably, the smallest possible living thing. It is a bundle of DNA or RNA bound up in a minuscule core ... there has been a steady stream of known and emerging viruses, including HIV, ...