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Human cells self-destruct when viruses mess with RNA

A groundbreaking study reveals that human cells initiate self-destruction processes when viruses disrupt RNA production, ...
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A human factor

SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the disease COVID-19 with nearly seven million deaths worldwide to date, has a characteristic genetic makeup made entirely of ribonucleic acid (RNA). This RNA ...
Nature

Influenza A Virus Genome Packaging and RNA Structure

Influenza A virus (IAV) possesses a segmented, negative-sense RNA genome comprising eight distinct viral RNA (vRNA) segments. These segments form ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes that are selectively ...
Frontiers

Innate Immune Sensing of Viral Persistence and Remnant RNA in Long-COVID: Mechanisms of Dysregulated Inflammation and Cellular Homeostasis

Persistent viral antigens or remnant SARS-CoV-2 RNA have been implicated in sustaining innate immune activation in a subset of individuals with post-acute ...
News Medical

mRNA-FISH for the detection of viral RNA in SARS-CoV-2 infected cells and the determination of the kinetics of early RNA replication

In a recent study posted to bioRxiv*, researchers evaluated the early replication kinetics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Study: Visualization of early RNA ...
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Study characterizes mutations in neuraminidase of human-like H5N1 influenza viruses

A study published in PLOS PATHOGENS describes the prevalence and functions of mutations in neuraminidase enzyme of avian H5N1 influenza viruses that are preferentially selected in human H5N1 influenza ...
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The relationship between viral replication and the severity of hepatic necroinflammatory damage changed before HBeAg loss in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

A negative relationship between viral replication and liver inflammation in HBeAg-positive patients with high HBV DNA, which changed to a positive relationship for those HBeAg-positive patients with ...