How a few rotavirus can cause severe gastrointestinal disease
Using intercellular calcium waves, rotavirus amplifies its ability to cause disease beyond the cells it directly infects.
Read moreUsing intercellular calcium waves, rotavirus amplifies its ability to cause disease beyond the cells it directly infects.
Read moreRotavirus is responsible for more than 130,000 deaths annually in infants and children younger than five years. The virus causes severe, dehydrating diarrhea as it
Read moreAfter eluding researchers for more than 30 years, the VP3 protein of rotavirus has finally revealed its unique structure and function to a team led
Read moreSome gastrointestinal viruses need calcium. They need calcium ions to carry out several essential aspects of viral life, such as entry into host cells, genome
Read moreFrom the Labs opens July 2019 with a Video of the Month, showing the calcium ‘storm’ rotavirus triggers in infected cells. Calcium signaling in rotavirus
Read moreThroughout the gastrointestinal tract there are specialized hormone-producing cells called enteroendocrine cells and, although they comprise only a small population of the total cells, they
Read moreMaking new viruses requires assembling intracellular replication factories via a complex, little known process that involves both viral and cellular components. New insights into this
Read moreDrs. Mary K. Estes, Bert O’Malley and Huda Zoghbi of Baylor College of Medicine were three of the 148 renowned academic inventors named fellows of
Read moreOur last post of the Image of the Month of 2018 celebrates the most viewed images of the year. Click on the titles below the
Read moreLea este artículo en español. Rotavirus infection causes diarrhea and vomiting primarily in children younger than 5, with the exception of babies younger than 28 days
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