All Virology


Nobel prize winning tech reveals herpes virus structure

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Jul 2018

Researchers at the University of Glasgow have used cryo-electron microscopy to reveal the detailed …

Bacteria used to block dengue and Zika

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Feb 2018

Scientists at the University of Glasgow have found a bacterial strain which blocks dengue and Zika …

New test can detect any virus

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Nov 2015

Scientists have designed a test that can detect not only any known virus type and subtype but also …

Origin of new lineages of human AIDS discovered

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Mar 2015

Two new lineages of the virus which causes AIDS have been found to originate from western lowland g…

Liquid DNA behind virus attacks

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Oct 2014

New studies show viruses convert their DNA into liquid form to be injected into host cells, finding…

‘Perfect storm’ led to spread of HIV

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Oct 2014

A ‘perfect storm’ led to the global spread of the HIV pandemic, which has its roots in Kinshasa, th…

Six faces of Streptococcus

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Oct 2014

Like the faces of a die, Streptococcus pneumonia has six unique states it can switch to making it a…

IL-25 target for asthma attacks caused by colds

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Oct 2014

A small molecule called interleukin-25 might play a central role in asthma attacks brought on by th…

Why do HIV patients develop dementia?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Sep 2014

Life expectancy for patients with HIV has increased thanks to combination anti-retroviral therapy, …

Fast-tracked Ebola vaccine to enter trials

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Aug 2014

A potential vaccine against the Zaire species of Ebola, which has currently claimed 1,550 lives in …

How Ebola blocks immune system

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Aug 2014

American researchers have developed a detailed map of the Ebola protein VP24, which has revealed ho…

Malaria research close to understanding parasite lifecycle

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Jul 2014

A Nottingham researcher who had malaria seven times as a child is close to understanding the life-c…

H10N8 bird flu unlikely to threaten public health

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 May 2014

H10N8, the most recent avian influenza virus to infect humans, is unlikely to cause a threat to pub…

Polio spread of international concern

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 May 2014

The World Health Organization has declared the international spread of wild poliovirus in 2014 a Pu…

Sorting the good from the bad bacteria

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Oct 2013

There are good bacteria and bad bacteria – some coexisting in the same species – and researchers at…

Dengue disease findings could influence anti-viral drugs

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Aug 2013

A new study into Dengue, an insect-borne tropical disease that infects up to 390 million worldwide …

UK Flusurvey goes viral

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Nov 2012

Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine are appealing for people to sig…