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Hunting Down Giant Viruses That Attack Tiny Algae

30.09.2024

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Environment, Climate

A mysterious menace lurks in the oceans, threatening algal blooms. Weizmann Institute researchers have developed a new way to track the...

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Moonshot Provides Blueprint for Future Pandemic Drugs

10.11.2023

Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

An open-access format for drug discovery is helping design medications against potential viral threats

Lung macrophages infected with the human cytomegalovirus. Cells harboring an active infection are in bright green

Prepared for War: How Cells Survive Viral Invasion

28.06.2023

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

High levels of defensive proteins offer protection against a hostile takeover by herpes viruses

Bacteriophages attacking a bacterium. Source: Prof. Graham Beards

Viruses Gain the Upper Hand

25.10.2022

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Weizmann Institute scientists reveal how viruses outwit cellular immune systems

The inner lining of a mouse gut has finger-like projections (white) and harbors lymphatic organs (red) containing germinal centers (green). Viewed with confocal microscopy

A Matter of Survival: How the Immune System Sets Priorities

18.02.2022

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

When a second infection follows on the heels of a first, the two arms of our immune system may clash

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