HIV virus found to possess hidden transport ability

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Jan , 2024

HIV virus found to possess hidden transport ability

Around one million individuals worldwide become infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, each year. To replicate and spread the infection, the virus must smuggle its genetic material into the cell nucleus and integrate it into a chromosome. Research teams led by Dirk Görlich at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Science and Thomas […]

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Sep , 2023

Tag: Cytoplasm

Examining the cardiac pathology in fatal cases of yellow fever

In a recent study published in eBioMedicine, researchers examined the histopathological features and immunohistochemical and proteomic characteristics of yellow fever (YF)-related myocardial damage. Study: Understanding yellow fever-associated myocardial injury: an autopsy study. Image Credit: nechaevkon/Shutterstock.com Background Yellow fever is characterized by a hemorrhagic fever of viral etiology with significant morbidity prevalent in portions of Africa and South […]

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Aug , 2023

Tag: Cytoplasm

RARα receptor plays unexpected role in T cell activation

According to new research in the journal Immunity, T cells have a nuclear receptor doing something very odd-;but very important-;to help them fight pathogens and destroy cancer cells. This receptor, called retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARα), is known to control gene expression programs in the nucleus, but it also now appears to operate outside the […]