Virion Therapeutics has reported encouraging ... being analysed as a functional cure for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The multicentre, open-label, dose-escalation, prime only ...

The new study, published in ACS Nano, addresses specific challenges in virion design using approaches that are not observed in virus biology. The approach uses naturally occurring amino acids ...

A recent study showed that the HCMV virion contains not only DNA, but also four species of mRNA, indicating that this virus is more complex than previously believed. HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (HCMV ...

Viruses don't technically eat, but they do consume. Depending on what kind of virus it is, a virion will hijack a specific type of host cell and then steal that cell's energy to feed its own ...

Influenza A Viruses Adapt Shape in Response to Environmental Pressures - NIH Study Identifies Previously Unknown Adaptation ...

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape—to become either spheres or larger filaments—to favor their ...