A virus is a microscopic package of genetic material surrounded by a molecular envelope. This genetic material can be either deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or ribonucleic acid (RNA). DNA is a two-strand ...

A new study has uncovered a molecular mechanism by which rice cells perceive viral infections and initiate antiviral response ...

A groundbreaking study led by Li Yi, professor at the School of Life Sciences, was published in Nature on March 12, titled "Perception of viral ...

Researchers at Martin Luther University have developed groundbreaking RNA-based agents that offer high levels of protection ...

COVID-19 affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide and is often associated with long-term neurological abnormalities.

It is a near sphere of protein (cross section shown) inside a fatty membrane that protects a twisting strand of RNA--a molecule that holds the virus's genetic code. Proteins called "S" form spikes ...

a singly nicked duplex containing an RNA strand on the 5’-phosphate side of the nick (10 to 15). Thus, viral ATP-dependent DNA ligases have an intrinsic nick-sensing function. Nick recognition by ...

See how small bits of non-coding RNA target mRNA for destruction and regulate ... Plants are able to fight viral infection by using the viral ssRNA to generate dsRNA, some of which is then chopped ...

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection in pigs is ... Recently, his group analyzed protein-coding RNA transcripts isolated from single cells and fluid collected ...

Messenger RNA carries genetic information from DNA in the highly protected ... These vaccines deliver mRNA encoding a specific viral antigen into cells, allowing the cells to produce the antigen and ...

ICMR-NIV director discusses India's expanding VRDL network, vaccine manufacturing, viral disease surveillance, and One Health ...