Using sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests to scour through Brown's blood cells, plasma, and rectal tissue, Yukl and others were able to were able to detect bits
of viral nucleic acid.
Not exact matches
Further research by Stanley and others established that a virus consists
of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) enclosed in a protein coat that may also shelter
viral proteins involved in infection.
«By selectively targeting the source
of the immune activation rather than shutting off the innate immune system downstream, these
nucleic acid scavengers are able to limit pathological inflammation without compromising one's ability to fight a
viral infection,» Sullenger said.
All tests detect
viral RNA (ribonucleic
acid) by means
of the so - called polymerase chain reaction (PCR) which is a standard method for detecting
nucleic acids.
«My favorite is the one we cited in the manuscript: «Viruses are entities whose genomes are elements
of nucleic acid that replicate inside living cells using the cellular synthetic machinery and causing the synthesis
of specialized elements that can transfer the
viral genome to other cells.