The team folded DNA into ... the size of a virus, which could then clamp over the bugs and prevent them from infecting cells. To do so, the team started with a shape called an icosahedron, which ...

They are composed of either RNA or DNA genome, which is surrounded ... there are two types of viruses: helical and icosahedral viruses. In case of helical viruses, capsomers are arranged helically ...

Viruses consist of a short string of DNA or RNA packaged in a protein shell called ... that viruses were predominantly either helical or icosahedral in shape. The former were rod-shaped structures ...

To date, there are no effective antidotes against most virus infections ... a multivalent antigen carrier for vaccinations, as a DNA or RNA carrier for gene therapy or as a transport vehicle ...

LINE-1, a "jumping gene" making up 20% of the genome, invades DNA during cell division using protein-RNA clusters, offering ...

Viruses can be thought of as mobile containers of RNA or DNA that insert their genetic ... but more commonly it assumes an icosahedral structure, like a soccer ball. An icosahedron is a ...

A more effective vaccine technology may be on the horizon. In a new study in mice, researchers from the University of ...

Inspired by the way viruses attach to cells, EPFL scientists have developed a method for engineering ultra-selective aptamers ...

Vaccines against COVID take advantage of that. RNA, which is short for ribonucleic acid, is used to build proteins in SARS-CoV-2. The DNA virus vaccine method works specifically with DNA viruses ...

The note read, “Burnet swears, from work in his lab, that flu virus has principally, possibly exclusively, RNA. Suspects same for Polioviruses.” Most organisms prefer DNA over RNA, its ...