In the world of viral research, uncovering a virus’s weaknesses is often a painstaking process that requires years of ...

The 3.8Å resolution structure of mature Zika virus is presented here. The recent rapid spread of Zika virus and its unexpected linkage to birth defects and an autoimmune-neurological syndrome has ...

No, I'm not talking about a computer virus here, but about a real one, the Epsilon 15, which attacks the bacterium Salmonella. By writing a few lines of computer code, biologists from Purdue ...

Researchers have now determined the structure of the Zika virus, a critical advance in the development of vaccines and treatments. The team also identified regions within the Zika virus structure ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A team of researchers has determined the structure of the Zika virus, an important discovery in the development of antiviral treatments and vaccines. The researchers, led ...

The virus’ 3D structure has been revealed. Most people who are infected with Zika don’t become ill; only 20 percent of infected persons develop symptoms, which resemble the flu and last around ...

These researchers use high-resolution imaging techniques to examine a virus’s molecular structure—and uncover where a virus is vulnerable to new therapies. In a new Cell study, scientists in LJI’s ...

Anatomy of a Mobile Virus: Dismantling A Daisy Chain ExplosiveBy: Eric EversonCommonly grouped along with external mobile threats, mobile viruses have become common throughout today’s mobile ...

The atomic structure of an elusive cold virus linked to severe asthma and respiratory infections in children has been solved by a team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Purdue ...

This was the first time many had ever heard of the virus, but since it was first identified in 1976, there have actually been more than 20 serious Ebola incidents. Thankfully, none of them had the ...

One of the immune system’s healthy functions is to attack viruses, and PNMA2’s virus-like structure makes it particularly prone to being targeted as well, the researchers found. In fact, in ...