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 ...

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 ...

Having previously revealed snapshot structures of how RNA wraps around the nucleocapsids of the Ebola virus, he is now hoping to capture the full progression of how the virus structure moves and ...

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.

Here’s a look at Ebola, a virus with a high fatality rate that was first identified in Africa in 1976. Facts Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by one of five different Ebola viruses. Four of ...

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, ...

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease, with the first case linked to a 32-year-old nurse in Kampala.

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, ...