/channels/news_feeds/all/term/viruses/rss en /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 /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 Ï㽶ÊÓƵ 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 /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 Ï㽶ÊÓƵ 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