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Nanoscale ‘glass’ bottles could enable targeted drug delivery
Tiny silica bottles filled with medicine and a special temperature-sensitive material could be used for drug delivery to kill malignant
Hepatitis B: Unusual virus discovered in shrews
The discovery of an unusual hepatitis B virus from shrews offers new opportunities of better understanding the chronic progression of
How HIV infection may contribute to wide-ranging metabolic conditions
HIV-infected cells release vesicles that contain a viral protein called Nef, impairing cholesterol metabolism and triggering inflammation in uninfected bystander
HIV: Reprogramming cells to control infection
Cells from the rare individuals who naturally control HIV infection have been the focus of investigation for nearly 15 years
Newly discovered immune cells at the frontline of HIV infection: New cells are more susceptible to HIV infection and transmit virus to other cells
Researchers at The Westmead Institute for Medical Research have discovered brand new immune cells that are at the frontline of
Brain anatomy links cognitive and perceptual symptoms in autism
Neuroscientists at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) and University College London have found an anatomical link between cognitive
Monkey-infecting virus may provide part of future HIV vaccine: Simian immunodeficiency virus envelope protein elicits desired anti-HIV antibody response in mice
A protein from Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), which can infect monkeys and apes, has shown promise as a potential component
New approach for solving protein structures from tiny crystals: Technique opens door for studies of countless hard-to-crystallize proteins involved in health and disease
Using x-rays to reveal the atomic-scale 3-D structures of proteins has led to countless advances in understanding how these molecules
New imaging reveals previously unseen vulnerabilities of HIV: Breakthrough opens new paths to fight against the deadly virus
Imagine that HIV is a sealed tin can: if you opened it, what would you find inside? An international team