Virology News: Breaking Virology News, Comments and Articles.

HPV LEEP Procure for Removal of Cervical Lesions: What are the Side Effects?; polyDNA Answers Survey Questions

In its June 2013 survey, polyDNA found that 88% of respondents considering the LEEP procedure to remove HPV cervical lesions are unaware of its side effects. polyDNA highlights these side effects and points out a natural remedy against the cause of the lesions, latent HPV. Rochester, NY (PRWEB) June 18, 2013 polyDNA’s latest HPV survey showed that respondents considering the Loop Electrosurgica...

New Virus Delivery Method Could Help Treat Blinding Diseases

Researchers have developed an easier method to insert viruses carrying special genes into the eye. Their eventual goal is restoring sight destroyed by blinding diseases.

Blood Test May Detect Sexually Transmitted Throat Cancer

A blood test can detect antibodies of HPV that can cause throat and oral cancers years before the symptoms of the disease become apparent, researchers from the National Cancer Institute and the International Agency for Research on Cancer reported in...

Medicago wins European patent for influenza virus-like particles in plants

The European Patent Office (EPO) has granted Medicago a patent protecting exclusive rights to produce influenza virus-like particles (VLPs) in plants through July 2028.

LabCorp offers Roche's viral load assay for hepatitis C virus

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) has become the first clinical reference laboratory to offer Roche COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HCV Test, v2.0, a viral load assay for hepatitis C virus.

Researchers identify new virus in patients with severe brain infections

Researchers have identified a new virus in patients with severe brain infections in Vietnam. Further research is needed to determine whether the virus is responsible for the symptoms of disease.

New technique offers potential to screen patients for viruses

In research published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Saint Louis University researchers describe a technology that can detect new, previously unknown viruses. The technique offers the potential to screen patients for viruses...

Patients with central nervous system infections may suffer from the effects of CyCV-VN virus: Study

Patients in Vietnam and other locations with central nervous system infections may well be suffering from the effects of a newly discovered virus, according to a study to be published in mBio-, the online open-access journal of the American Society f...

International researchers solve three-dimensional structure of respiratory syncytial virus

Young children and the elderly are especially susceptible to respiratory syncytial virus. The three-dimensional structure of respiratory syncytial virus has been solved by an international team from Finland and Switzerland.

Age disparities exist in continuum of care for patients with HIV

Age disparities exist in the continuum of care for patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with people younger than 45 years less likely to be aware of their infection or to have a suppressed viral load, according to a report published O...

SLU researchers find new technology that can detect previously unknown viruses

In research published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Saint Louis University researchers describe a technology that can detect new, previously unknown viruses. The technique offers the potential to screen patients for viruses...

New virus isolated from patients with severe brain infections

Researchers have identified a new virus in patients with severe brain infections in Vietnam. Further research is needed to determine whether the virus is responsible for the symptoms of disease.

Antiviral and anti-inflammatory activity of arbidol hydrochloride in influenza A (H1N1) virus infection

Computer modeling technique goes viral at Brandeis

(Brandeis University) Sophisticated computational models and advances in graphical processing units are helping scientists understand the complex interplay between genomic data, virus structure and the formation of the virus' outer "shell" -- critica...

LabCorp provides viral load assay for Hepatitis C Virus in US

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) is offering the COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HCV Test, v2.0, a quantitative viral load assay for Hepatitis C virus (HCV).

New virus discovered in patients with central nervous system infections

(American Society for Microbiology) Patients in Vietnam and other locations with central nervous system infections may well be suffering from the effects of a newly discovered virus, according to a study to be published in mBio®, the online open-acc...

Human herpes virus 6 reactivation: important predictor for poor outcome after myeloablative, but not non-myeloablative allo-SCT

LabCorp Announces Availability of Newly Approved Viral Load Assay for Hepatitis C Virus

LabCorp becomes the First Major Clinical Reference Laboratory to Offer the Roche COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HCV Test, v2.0 Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®) (NYSE: LH) today announced that it is offering the COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HCV Test, v2.0. With enhanced sensitivity, this quantitative viral load assay for...

CytoDyn Inc. Appoints Anthony D. Caracciolo as Chairman of the Board of Directors

CytoDyn Inc. (“CytoDyn”) (OTC QB: CYDY), a biotechnology company focused on the development of new therapies for combating infection with immune deficiency viruses, today announced that Anthony D. Caracciolo has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors effective June 17, 2013. Past Chairman, Gregory A. Gould, will remain a member of the Board of...

World Hepatitis Fund Launches

NEW YORK, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today in New York the World Hepatitis Fund launched a bold new initiative to harness the power of social media to educate, diagnose and treat the nearly two hundred million people worldwide who have contracted Hepatitis C.  Hepatitis C, also known as the silent killer is the leading cause of liver cancer and the need for liver transplantation.
...

Saudi announces four new deaths from MERS virus

Four more people have died from the MERS virus in Saudi Arabia, bringing the death toll from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom to 32, the health ministry said Monday.

Pall Corp. Filters Ease Concerns about Viruses in Aircraft Cabin Air

Viruses Can be Removed at >99.999% Efficiency The environment in airplane cabins becomes a public concern whenever a new or re-emerging pathogen, such as the MERS coronavirus or the Influenza A (H7N9) virus, is in the news. Each report of an outbreak raises questions about whether aircraft cabin air can transmit these harmful pathogens. Engineers from...

Blood tests could detect sexually-transmitted oral cancers

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Antibodies to a high-risk type of a virus that causes mouth and throat cancers when transmitted via oral sex can be detected in blood tests many years before onset of the disease, according to a World Health Organis...

DNAtrix, Inc. to Present Clinical Study Results for DNX-2401 (Delta 24-RGD), A Conditionally Replication-Competent Adenovirus

HOUSTON, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- DNAtrix Inc., experts in oncolytic virus development, today announced that its CEO will present clinical data on the company's lead product, DNX-2401, at the Replicating Oncolytic Virus Therapeutic meeting in Quebec City, Canada on June 18, 2013. Dr. Frank Tufaro, DNAtrix's CEO and a leader in the field of oncolytic virus therapy, will present results from a...

Study details age disparities in HIV continuum of care

Age disparities exist in the continuum of care for patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with people younger than 45 years less likely to be aware of their infection or to have a suppressed viral load, according to a report published O...