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Targeting viral envelope glycans offers promising path toward world's first broad-spectrum antiviral

Researchers at the Nanoscience Initiative at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) have made a breakthrough in the fight against viral diseases. Subscribe to our ...
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Hepatitis C Vaccines Nearer with New Details about the Virus’s Envelope

Most people infected by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be cured with antiviral therapy, but access to the treatment remains limited. Even diagnosis of hepatitis C, a disease that causes chronic ...
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Promising Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Targets Found in Conserved N-glycans

Researchers at the Nanoscience Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) have made what they describe as a breakthrough in the fight against viral diseases, ...
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Atomic view of the HIV-1 matrix lattice. Implications on virus assembly and envelope incorporation

Jamil Saad, Ph.D. Jamil Saad, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Microbiology, is the latest winner of the Heersink School of Medicine’s Featured Discovery. This initiative celebrates important ...
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Studying two very different viruses is helping this virologist develop new strategies for more potent antiviral treatments

Theodora Hatziioannou used her expertise on HIV-1 to gain insights into SARS-Co-V-2, and vice versa. The potential ...
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⚕️ When a virus carries another: the "Trojan horse" of deltaviruses

Some tiny viruses, called deltaviruses, can only spread by relying on other viruses. A study published in Cell shows that ...