A strategy that analyzes the structural properties of RNA could help identify regions that are promising targets for antiviral drugs.

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The National Museum of Health and Medicine is located on the Fort Detrick-Forest Glen Annex in Silver Spring, making it ...

Skin study findings may help to explain why African ancestry is associated with a lower risk of severe dengue.

For the first time, the extreme variability in dengue fever has been linked to a biological mechanism, potentially opening ...

New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and La Jolla Institute for Immunology, published today in ...

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Scientists have discovered a stealthy mechanism that cytomegalovirus (CMV)—the leading infectious cause of birth defects in ...

Researchers have identified that species in the gut microbiome can produce sphingolipids that protect the host from pathogens ...

Honey produced by some species of Australian stingless bees possesses impressive bacteria- and fungi-killing properties, ...

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