It could target and destroy harmful
viruses in human cells too.
Ana got her PhD at ICGEB and Osaka University on strategies for optimization of HBsAg expression in Pichia pastoris under the direction of Dr. Navin Khanna, and she did postdoctoral work woth Prof. Rolf Jessberger at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York where she carried out a project aimed at deciphering the mechanisms of gene targeting by recombinant adeno - associated
virus in human cells.
Not exact matches
For example, instead of using the protein scissors to cut a
virus, they can be used to cut out DNA
in a
human cell and replace it with DNA of the scientist's choosing.
Breastfeeding is contraindicated
in infants with classic galactosemia (galactose 1 - phosphate uridyltransferase deficiency) 103; mothers who have active untreated tuberculosis disease or are
human T -
cell lymphotropic
virus type I — or II — positive104, 105; mothers who are receiving diagnostic or therapeutic radioactive isotopes or have had exposure to radioactive materials (for as long as there is radioactivity
in the milk) 106 — 108; mothers who are receiving antimetabolites or chemotherapeutic agents or a small number of other medications until they clear the milk109, 110; mothers who are using drugs of abuse («street drugs»); and mothers who have herpes simplex lesions on a breast (infant may feed from other breast if clear of lesions).
«But
in this case, when this
virus infects
cells, the
virus makes its own transcription factors, and those sit on the
human genome at lupus risk variants (and at the variants for other diseases) and that's what we suspect is increasing risk for the disease.»
In November 2010 Japanese researchers announced online in Analytical Chemistry that they had built a chip that simultaneously tests how liver, intestine and breast cancer cells respond to cancer drugs, and in February 2010 scientists publishing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA developed a microscale replica of the human liver that allowed them to observe the entire life cycle of hepatitis C, a virus that is difficult to observe in cultured cell
In November 2010 Japanese researchers announced online
in Analytical Chemistry that they had built a chip that simultaneously tests how liver, intestine and breast cancer cells respond to cancer drugs, and in February 2010 scientists publishing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA developed a microscale replica of the human liver that allowed them to observe the entire life cycle of hepatitis C, a virus that is difficult to observe in cultured cell
in Analytical Chemistry that they had built a chip that simultaneously tests how liver, intestine and breast cancer
cells respond to cancer drugs, and
in February 2010 scientists publishing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA developed a microscale replica of the human liver that allowed them to observe the entire life cycle of hepatitis C, a virus that is difficult to observe in cultured cell
in February 2010 scientists publishing
in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA developed a microscale replica of the human liver that allowed them to observe the entire life cycle of hepatitis C, a virus that is difficult to observe in cultured cell
in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA developed a microscale replica of the
human liver that allowed them to observe the entire life cycle of hepatitis C, a
virus that is difficult to observe
in cultured cell
in cultured
cells.
In human cells and in mice, the virus infected and killed the stem cells that become a glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, but left healthy brain cells alon
In human cells and
in mice, the virus infected and killed the stem cells that become a glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, but left healthy brain cells alon
in mice, the
virus infected and killed the stem
cells that become a glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, but left healthy brain
cells alone.
Sharon joined Anglister's lab for her master's project and Ph.D., studying the three - dimensional structure of a region
in the HIV - 1 protein envelope that helps the
virus enter
human cells.
«Our research is the first to study Zika infection
in a mouse model that transmits the
virus in a way similar to
humans,» explains Alysson R. Muotri, Ph.D., professor and director of the Stem
Cell Program at UC San Diego and co-senior author of the study.
Stahelin and co-investigator Smita Soni, a postdoctoral researcher at the Indiana University School of Medicine, found that VP40 is able to assemble
in vitro (i.e.,
in a test tube), without any
human cells present and mediate formation of
virus - like particles when the
human lipid phosphatidylserine is found
in solution with VP40, but not other control lipids.
An analysis of the HPV16 genome from 5,570
human cell and tissue samples revealed that the
virus actually consists of thousands of unique genomes, such that infected women living
in the same region often have different HPV16 sequences and variable risks to cancer.
«This raises important questions about whether
human norovirus infects tuft
cells and whether people who have chronic norovirus infections and continue to shed the
virus long after infection do so because the
virus remains hidden
in tuft
cells,» Wilen said.
Somewhere along the way, certain molecular changes, including a deletion of 29 base pairs from the original
virus, allowed SARS to infect and replicate
in human cells.
Using
human fetal «mini-brains» grown
in 3 - D cultures, scientists determined that a specific protein produced by the Zika
virus changes the properties of neural stem
cells in the developing brain of an infected fetus, potentially causing microcephaly
in newborns (Ki - Jun Yoon, abstract 103.06, see attached summary).
An unknown component of breast milk appears to kill HIV particles and
virus - infected
cells, as well as blocking HIV transmission
in mice with a
human immune system.
The investigators report that trapping
virus - loaded stem
cells in a gel and applying them to tumors significantly improved survival
in mice with glioblastoma multiforme, the most common brain tumor
in human adults and also the most difficult to treat.
The team found that exposing samples of
human glioblastoma tumours grown
in a dish to the Zika
virus destroyed the cancer stem
cells.
Shah and his team loaded the herpes
virus into
human MSCs and injected the
cells into glioblastoma tumors developed
in mice.
Lab testing showed that the plant - made
virus particles, which naturally bind to receptors on cancer
cells, were taken
in by
human breast cancer
cells.
Human immunodeficiency
virus - type 1 (HIV - 1) replicates actively
in infected individuals, yet
cells with intracellular depots of viral protein are observed only infrequently.
This idea was bolstered by the finding that viral DNA production also took place
in cells from another natural LCMV host, the hamster, but not
in human, monkey, dog, or cow
cells, which are not susceptible to the
virus.
Brazilian researchers from the D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) have demonstrated the harmful effects of ZIKA
virus (ZIKV)
in human neural stem
cells, neurospheres and brain organoids.
«Injecting the
human blood
cells resulted
in massive liver
cell damage and we were able to detect cytotoxic T lymphocytes that specifically targeted hepatitis B
virus in liver infiltration
cells.
Viruses have evolved a way of encapsulating and delivering their genes to
human cells in a pathogenic manner.
They found that hepatitis
in these «
human hepatocyte chimeric mice» was caused by white blood
cells known as cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) that were specifically targeted to hepatitis B
virus.
The mutated, drug resistant H7N9
virus, however, was still able to infect cultured
human cells and spread between laboratory animals as efficiently as nonmutated strains, researchers report December 10
in Nature Communications.
For their research, Pekosz and his team, using
human nasal tract
cells, studied the weakened strain of the flu
virus that is used
in the nasal spray vaccine and compared its behavior with that of the flu
virus itself.
«Damaging consequences of Zika
virus infection
in human minibrains: Zika
virus reduces growth, induces
cell death, malformations
in human neurospheres, brain organoids.»
Spontaneous Transformation of
Human Brain
Cells Grown
in vitro and Description of Associated
Virus Particles
Wadman describes the scandalous cover - up following the discovery that monkey
cells used
in vaccinations were infected with a
virus, SV40, that could infect
humans.
In contrast,
viruses that cause cancer, such as the
human papillomavirus that is responsible for most cases of cervical cancer, disrupt a
cell's genome, thereby triggering out - of - control growth.
B: Well, we were
in the midst of experiments aiming to use an animal
virus to introduce new genes into
human cells and into bacterial
cells.
Early
in their study, the team noticed differences between the expected 3BNC117 abundance
in humans over time, given its half - life, and the actual abundance, a discrepancy hinting that some of the antibodies may be targeting not just circulating
virus particles but HIV - infected
cells as well.
Researchers from the University of Helsinki have shown that three anti-influenza compounds effectively inhibit Zika
virus infection
in human cells.
In a new study, Yale researchers demonstrate Zika
virus infection of
cells derived from
human placentas.
Before Katlyn showed up at NIH, the doctors there were already well prepared: They had inserted healthy
human ADA genes into a modified mouse retrovirus — a type of
virus that can enter
human cells and transfer new genetic material right into the DNA strands
in their nuclei.
Once Katlyn arrived
in May 2007, Candotti and his team removed stem
cells from her bone marrow and exposed them to the engineered retrovirus, creating a
human -
virus hybrid.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS MIKOVITS DID was to employ a microarray — a small tray seeded with DNA from nearly every known
virus — to flag viral DNA
in human white blood
cells.
Greber and his team infected
human cells in culture with the chemically labeled
viruses, and observed the behavior of the viral DNA during entry into
cells.
The study, «VlincRNAs controlled by retroviral elements are a hallmark of pluripotency and cancer» found that novel non-coding parts of the
human genome known as vlincRNAs (very long intergenic, non-coding RNAs) triggered by ancient
viruses, participate
in the biology of stem
cells, and
in the development of cancer.
DEADLY TARGET A
human immune protein might combat the MERS
virus, shown here
in yellow
in a camel's
cells.
In laboratory studies reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the researchers found that these «neutralizing» antibodies prevented a key part of the virus, known as MERS CoV, from attaching to protein receptors that allow the virus to infect human cell
In laboratory studies reported
in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the researchers found that these «neutralizing» antibodies prevented a key part of the virus, known as MERS CoV, from attaching to protein receptors that allow the virus to infect human cell
in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the researchers found that these «neutralizing» antibodies prevented a key part of the
virus, known as MERS CoV, from attaching to protein receptors that allow the
virus to infect
human cells.
The placebo - controlled trial
in nearly 9500 women tested a gel called PRO 2000, a so - called polyanion that prevented the AIDS
virus from entering
human cells in test - tube and monkey studies.
Researchers have used radioimmunotherapy (RIT) to destroy remaining
human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV)- infected
cells in the blood samples of patients treated with antiretroviral therapy, offering the promise of a strategy for curing HIV infection.
A third notable finding was a more concentrated attachment of H7N9
viruses in ciliated
cells of the nasal concha, trachea, and bronchi, suggesting the potential for efficient transmission among
humans.
«We compared the ability of RSV and parainfluenza
virus (PIV3)-- another common
virus in children that causes much less severe airway disease — to infect and cause inflammatory responses
in a
cell culture model of
human epithelial
cells, which compose the lining of the lung airway.
When Liesman infected
human airway
cells in the lab with this re-engineered
virus, she saw infected
cells ball up and puff out of the airway epithelium.
In Britain, in 1991, researchers led by Jim Stott at the National Institute of Biological Standards and Control in north London, stunned their colleagues by announcing that they had apparently protected monkeys from infection with the monkey virus SIV — the simian equivalent of HIV — with a vaccine based simply on human T cell
In Britain,
in 1991, researchers led by Jim Stott at the National Institute of Biological Standards and Control in north London, stunned their colleagues by announcing that they had apparently protected monkeys from infection with the monkey virus SIV — the simian equivalent of HIV — with a vaccine based simply on human T cell
in 1991, researchers led by Jim Stott at the National Institute of Biological Standards and Control
in north London, stunned their colleagues by announcing that they had apparently protected monkeys from infection with the monkey virus SIV — the simian equivalent of HIV — with a vaccine based simply on human T cell
in north London, stunned their colleagues by announcing that they had apparently protected monkeys from infection with the monkey
virus SIV — the simian equivalent of HIV — with a vaccine based simply on
human T
cells.
«These animals carry latent HIV
in the genomes of
human T
cells, where the
virus can escape detection,» Dr. Hu explained.
Wild H5N1
viruses can not latch on tothe
cells in a person's nose and throat, but the mutant strains created by Fouchier and Kawaoka can spread between ferrets, which are viewed as a good animal model of flu transmission between
humans.