Long before Westeros, fantasy and science-fiction author George R.R. Martin had a hand in creating Wild Cards, a shared science-fiction universe involving a pathogen called the "Wild Card" virus that ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed the first transgenic nonhuman primate model—genetically ...

This representation is a discrete time transition model, which allows for classifying the epidemiological models with respect to the number of states (compartments) and their interpretation.

Assembly and budding of a virus from a membrane microdomain ... The video shows an animation of a computer simulation trajectory, in which a model capsid (tan) assembles within and buds through a ...

Although fans of A Song of Ice and Fire might still be hankering for the long-delayed next book in the series, bestselling sci-fi/fantasy author George R.R. Martin has instead added a different item ...

In a human cell-based brain model, repetitive physical injuries reactivate the common virus, Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1), ...

The researchers used virus-tracing and cell-tagging techniques ... highly useful, and inexpensive model system for therapeutic testing. “These explants serve as excellent tissue models for ...

A model for hepatitis B virus-associated chronic liver disease has been made using cloned hepatitis B virus DNA as a transgene in a severe combined immunodeficient host. These mice consistently ...

The project sets out to advance our understanding of how viruses enter cells, using the Marburg Virus (MARV) as a model, and to create a blueprint for identifying new targets for antiviral ...

The biggest filovirus outbreak, caused by Ebola virus, occurred in three West African countries from 2014 to 2016. It killed more than 11,000 people and infected more than 28,000. More recently ...