Ã山ǿ¼é News - viruses /channels/news_feeds/all/term/viruses/rss en Seawater: memory keeper, energy source, and pollution tracking /channels/channels/news/seawater-memory-keeper-energy-source-and-pollution-tracking-342845 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h6><img alt="Sampling seawater just below the surface of a seagrass bed in Quatsino Sound, British Columbia" src="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/channels/image/seawater-bottled.png" style="width:60%" /><br /><i>Sampling seawater just below the surface of a seagrass bed in Quatsino Sound, British Columbia. Credit: Mike McDermid</i></h6> <h2>What can a bottle of seawater tell you about the fish living below?</h2> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">21 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:46:19 +0000 webfull 183858 at /channels Viruses can ‘hijack’ cellular process to block immune response /channels/channels/news/viruses-can-hijack-cellular-process-block-immune-response-328652 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Research led by Ã山ǿ¼é and Queen’s University Belfast has found that viruses can ‘hijack’ an existing molecular process in the cell in order to block the body’s antiviral immune response to a viral infection.</p> <p>The results of the study have been published in the journal <a href="https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(21)00050-2"><em>Molecular Cell</em></a><em>.</em></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/virus-attacking-cell.jpg?itok=ASdgO91g" width="160" height="124" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">17 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:15:57 +0000 webfull 167976 at /channels Bacteriophages may play a role in childhood stunting… and be able to help treat it /channels/channels/news/bacteriophages-may-play-role-childhood-stunting-and-be-able-help-treat-it-320373 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>New research spearheaded by Ã山ǿ¼é has discovered that bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) found in the intestinal tracts of children may play a role in childhood stunting, a significant impediment to growth that affects 22% of children under the age of five around the world.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/bacteriophage.jpg?itok=rkgvXPZe" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">12 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 12 Feb 2020 16:39:23 +0000 webfull 158686 at /channels