Knowing the crystal structure of this "doorway" protein, says Fraser, is key to finding helpful drugs to stop coronavirus and influenza viruses, because it is very similar to other important ...

and provide one of the earliest examples of the application of structure-based drug design. Figure 4: Interaction of α-N-acetylneuraminic acid (1a) with influenza virus sialidase. Fortuitously ...

Wastewater monitoring helps communities spot rising outbreaks of influenza, COVID, RSV, and more. Our writer gets her feet ...

Cocrystal developed CDI-988 as a potential breakthrough for norovirus prophylaxis and treatment using our proprietary structure-based platform technology. Unlike conventional antivirals, it targets ...

Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and 9 N subtypes. Only those labeled H5, ...

(B) Postfusion conformation of TBHA (PDB 1HTM) at fusion pH 5.0. The secondary structure ... These elements are labeled from A to H in different colors. Here, we describe crystal structures of Arbidol ...

At that time, any virologists working on viruses labelled oncogenic (causing or ... Molecular genetics and structure of the human immunodeficiency virus. J Electron Microsc Tech.

Biofilms are conglomerates of bacteria and other organisms, which are feared in medicine as well as other areas because they ...

Influenza virions can take a variety of shapes, from the classic spherical or kidney bean morphology found in most ...

MPV tends to hit hardest in young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems. A virologist explains.

The first research programs attempting to develop an inactivated influenza vaccine, outside of the USSR, were conducted in England and in the USA at about the same time. However, it was at the ...