Coronaviruses

New Research Aims to Shut Down Viral Assembly Line

Under the electron microscope, a coronavirus may resemble a spiny sea urchin or appear crownlike, (the shape from which this family of pathogens takes its name). Previously recognized as the second leading cause of the common cold in humans and for economically important ...More
January 11, 2011
Posted in News
Scientists Identify Antivirus System

Viruses have led scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to the discovery of a security system in host cells. Viruses that cause disease in animals beat the security system millennia ago. But now that researchers are aware of it, they can explore ...More
November 17, 2010
Posted in News
Coronavirus Survival Highlights Need for Careful Removal and Handling of PPE

Researchers Lisa Casanova, PhD, William A. Rutala, PhD, David J. Weber, MD, and Mark D. Sobsey, PhD, from the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, and the Department of Medicine at the University of North ...More
November 16, 2010
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions