Study identifies how RNA viruses hijack a host cell to multiply

Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - 12:31 in Biology & Nature

(Phys.org) -- By discovering how certain viruses use their host cells to replicate, UC Irvine microbiologists have identified a new approach to the development of universal treatments for viral illnesses such as meningitis, encephalitis, hepatitis and possibly the common cold.

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