Sentences with phrase «viral nucleic»

Currently, acute infections are predominantly confirmed by detecting viral nucleic acid in blood and urine.

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.

The immune system detects viruses when viral nucleic acids bind protein receptors in immune cells.

For these tests, doctors isolate and amplify viral nucleic acid in samples from an infected patient.

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.

The duo mixed in a test tube a viral DNA template, nucleic acids, DNA polymerase, and ligase.

«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.