A study published in PNAS Microbiology found that enveloped viruses harbor greater cross-species transmissibility and are more likely to cause zoonotic infections than nonenveloped viruses.

Again, each worked to a different extent on the three enveloped viruses: some disrupted all three, some only one. However, none of the peptoids could inactivate the non-enveloped coxsackie B3 virus, ...

Cold and flu viruses’ rapid decrease in viability outside the body is thanks to three main factors: their enveloped structure, environmental conditions and how much our mucus surrounds it after ...

West nile virus is a family of enveloped positive-strand, RNA viruses which mainly infect mammals and birds. The virus is usually transmitted through mosquitoes ...

Bioinspired small molecules combat viral threats by targeting a common feature in enveloped viruses, making them useful against a wide range of viruses. Laura is an Assistant Editor for The Scientist.

But the non-enveloped viruses studied were resistant to all cleansers tested — both skin-friendly cleansers and harsh soaps. The most resistant of the viruses tested was norovirus, which causes ...

Enveloped viruses have a lipid membrane, while nonenveloped viruses are those without a lipid membrane. Generally, nonenveloped viruses are more resistant to disinfectants.

The researchers identified a group of molecules that display direct antiviral activity against a range of membrane-enveloped viruses, such as Rift Valley fever, which shows promise as a new type of ...

These included antibacterial soap, natural soap, foam cleansers and bath wash products, with the team investigating their ability to kill both enveloped viruses; such as human coronavirus and ...

Just as bacteria can develop antibiotic resistance, viruses can also evade drug treatments. Developing therapies against these microbes is difficult because viruses often mutate or hide themselves ...

This time, joined by Kent Kirshenbaum and colleagues, the group wanted to see if the peptoids could inactivate three other “enveloped” viruses enclosed within membranes — Zika, Rift Valley ...