To find the answer, they developed a way to observe and measure real-time influenza A virus structure during formation. The researchers found: Influenza A viruses rapidly adjust their shape when ...

More information: Florian Chenavier et al, Influenza a virus antiparallel helical nucleocapsid-like pseudo-atomic structure, Nucleic Acids Research (2024). DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae1211 Provided by CNRS ...

The RNP complex is the influenza virus’s essential package, the virus’s blueprints and a copy machine all rolled in one. The ...

His research involves studying the structure of viruses and how they interface ... there has been a steady stream of known and emerging viruses, including HIV, Ebola and, of course, influenza comes ...

After being exposed to flu strains, the pigs that received the Epigraph vaccine did not get sick. They also developed strong ...

Researchers have discovered the first giant virus in ... the size of an influenza or coronavirus. "Through an international collaboration, we elucidated the genome and structure of the ...

The reader often feels that only the most lurid anecdotes are mentioned, apparently precluding any in-depth description of our burgeoning understanding of the structure and function of the virus ...