…to death. Anti-retroviral therapies can help to control the virus, but complete eradication of the virus has been tricky to achieve due its stealthy ability to hide from the immune…
…alterations in the genomic architecture of invading DNA viruses that blunt their replication and gene expression. By depositing repressive histone marks onto viral genomic material, host cells can induce a…
At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals in hot zones like New York City were bursting with incoming patients. Remarkably, very few of them were under 18. The reason…
…today. However, cervical cancer (CC) still claims the lives of over 4,000 women each year in the US. While Pap and human papillomavirus (HPV) testing have significantly contributed to the…
…gene, the human receptor for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Upon infection, viruses use the replication machinery of the host’s cells to multiply themselves. The ACE2 gene plays an…
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the entire world, and many countries have been devastated by the fallout. As this virus swept the world, it has not only changed many aspects…
…and E1A Viral promoters. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 402: 228. Liu, Xue-feng, et al. Epigenetic Control of Cytomegalovirus Latency and Reactivation. Viruses 5.5 (2013): 1325-1345. Hosgood, Sarah A., Ernest…
…introduce their genetic manipulation machinery to cells in mice after they’re born. In one AAV virus, the group inserted the gene for the Cas9 enzyme. The other AAV virus was…
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first recognized at the beginning of 2020 and is responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The persistence of the virus has been…
…herpesvirus (KSHV) vIL-6 promotes cell proliferation and migration by upregulating DNMT1 via STAT3 activation. PLoS One. 9(3):e93478. Palacios JA et. al. (December 2012). Long-term nonprogressor and elite controller patients who…
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