Double-stranded RNA is a warning flag to the cell, indicating the presence of a virus. In 2004, Takashi Fujita and colleagues at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science identified an ...
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv * preprint server, researchers explored the role of the minor intron-containing gene (MIG)-encoded proteins (MIG-Ps) depending on minor spliceosome-MiG excision ...
When a nasty bug infects a cell, the cell sends out riders called interferons that, like Paul Revere, warn the other cells: A virus is coming! A virus is coming! Interferons bind to receptors on the ...
A new paper from the University of Kansas overturns the idea that a "risk gene" carried by millions of people worldwide influences production of Type 1 interferon, a workhorse of the immune system.
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The 'mutant' humans who shrug off every known virus
Across the world, only a few dozen people appear to carry a genetic glitch that lets them brush off viruses that flatten ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., covers genomics and regenerative medicine This is part twenty of a series, “How SARS-CoV-2 Delays, ...
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