Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive ...

The US joins Moldova, Hong Kong, and New Zealand as countries to greenlight the company's Phase I trial of PBGENE-HBV.

Hepatitis B and C still survive in the dark, driven by a lack of information, unhygienic medical procedures, and poor access ...

Compensated If HBV DNA ≥2000 IU/ml, treat If HBV DNA is 1–2000 IU/ml, treat if ALT is elevated Decompensated If HBV DNA is detectable, treat and refer for liver transplantation If HBV DNA is ...

Mongolian gerbils were also susceptible to LNP-vRNA (HEV) injections. Finally, the antiviral countermeasures and in vivo function of HEV genome deletions were validated in the LNP-vRNA-based animal ...

Notably, mNK activity was negatively correlated with HBV DNA levels. Conclusions Our data support the presence of a mature mNKs following HBV antigen exposure either through vaccination or infection.

Two new landmark studies show how a seeming tangle of DNA is actually organized into a structure that coordinates thousands of genes to form a sperm cell. The work, published March 3 as two papers in ...

At first they tried checking the DNA with law enforcement databases, but that did not provide a hit. They turned next to the more expansive DNA profiles available in some consumer databases in ...

Therefore, a better treatment is needed. A crucial HBV protein called X is necessary for the virus to establish an infection in a host cell, and viral gene expression. But since X gene is in the viral ...

Julia Wandelt, the 23-year-old Polish woman who has claimed to be missing British toddler Madeleine McCann, now says she has DNA evidence to support her theory. Wandelt first gained widespread ...