2.4 Mb Genome Size for World's Biggest Virus
The genome size of new discovered Pandoraviruses have roughly twice the size of the record-holding Megavirus genomic code. Interestingly only 6 percent of...npr.org/blogs/health/2013/07/18/203298244/worlds-biggest-virus-may-have-ancient-roots  ...3876 days ago
Vaccination can be dangerous sometimes !!!
...rred pigs to produce antibodies that bound the cap and the stem of that virus’s haemagglutinin. But s...targeted the stem of H1N1’s haemagglutinin protein, helping that virus fuse to cell membranes. That...3848 days ago
New Vaccine Clears AIDS-Causing Virus in Monkeys
...ity to completely kill simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in non-human primates,...The new approach involves the use of cytomegalovirus, or CMV, a common virus alrea...veillance elicited and maintained by cytomegalovirus vectors. Reference: http://...3836 days ago
Ebola virus disease (EVD)or Ebola haemorrhagic fever !!!
...n humans, caused by the Ebola virus. The disease has high mortali...is caused by infection with a virus of the family Filoviridae, ge...n humans. They are Bundibugyo virus (BDBV), Ebola virus (EBOV), S...areas or countries where the virus is found is the best way to a...3509 days ago
NCBI to assist in Virus Hunting Data Science Hackathon
...for folks who have experience in computational virus hunting or adjacent fields to...ntify known, taxonomically-definable and novel viruses from a few hundred thousand...insights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2018/11/09/ncbi-sdsu-virus-hunting-data-science-hackatho...1951 days ago
Complete genome sequence of Wuhan seafood market pneumonia virus is out !
Wuhan-Hu-1 claimed at least 40 lives and infected at least 1300 others in China. Cases are now being reported from Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, V...1509 days ago
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The new corona variant has 23 mutations in all, which is unusually huge !
...nsortium) that analysed the genome data of the virus and identified the variant, t...eriously taking the possibility. Another coronavirus lineage in South Africa has a...igher viral load-a higher concentration of the virus in their upper respiratory tr...1182 days ago