This study sheds light on how two well-known proteins work together to trigger an immune signaling cascade in the presence of viral RNA. Study reveals how two proteins cooperate in a key early step of ...

A study reveals how two proteins cooperate in a key early step of antiviral detection, as reported by researchers at Science Tokyo. Using cryo-electron microscopy and high-speed atomic force ...

In simple terms: a virus is a tiny package of genetic instructions with a delivery system. Outside a cell it is metabolically inert. Once inside a susceptible cell, it redirects the cell's machinery ...

Originally developed to track gene transfer through bacterial conjugation, the system uses an engineered ribozyme (an RNA strand capable of catalyzing specific biochemical reactions) that inserts a ...

Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, uses a sophisticated tactic to evade the human body's defense ...