Bespoke Services
Bespoke Services While our core services and viruses are likely to meet most needs, we know some projects need something out of the ordinary. Therefore, in addition to our standard assays, we also offer a range of bespoke services, ranging from assay optimization to...
The virus of the month: HCMV
The virus of the month: HCMV Human cytomegalovirus, what is it all about? Human Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a double stranded DNA virus of the Herpesviridae family with a high rate of dissemination in the human population. The virus has a broad tropism, gaining access to...
The virus, the vector and the microbiome
The virus, the vector and the microbiome If it has a digestive tract, it has microbiota Despite their often-negative billing as disease-causing germs, gut-living microbes are now recognized as a virtual “organ”. In anything with a digestive tract–from the tiniest...
Agent VP882, Licence to Kill
Replicate and destroy or hold fire?Viruses hijack host cells, which they force to produce thousands of identical copies of the original virus. Often, this forced-labor destroys the host cell, which is broken open (lysed), freeing the viral progeny to find and...Page 21 of 33