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Researchers capture new high-resolution view of rabies virus, revealing potential vaccine targets
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Researchers capture new high-resolution view of rabies virus, revealing potential vaccine targets

by La Jolla Institute for Immunology Scientists from La Jolla Institute for Immunology and the Institut Pasteur have shed light on the structure of the rabies virus glycoprotein, seen here. Credit: Heather Callaway, Ph.D., LJI Rabies virus kills a shocking 59,000 people each year, many of them children. Some victims, especially kids, don’t realize they’ve...

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Scientists crack rabies virus weaponry

by University of Melbourne Researchers have found a way to stop the rabies virus shutting down the body’s immune defence against it. In doing so they have solved a key scientific puzzle and have laid the foundation for the development of new anti-rabies vaccines. Rabies kills an estimated 60,000 people a year, most of them...