Using a new cell model, researchers can for the first time study how hepatitis E viruses affect nerve cells. Hepatitis E viruses (HEV) typically cause liver infections. They can, however, also infect ...

Using a new cell model, researchers can for the first time study how hepatitis E viruses affect nerve cells. Hepatitis E viruses (HEV) typically cause liver infections. They can, however ...

It enables them to study for the first time how hepatitis E viruses affect nerve cells. "We take human kidney cells that are excreted in the urine and reprogram them to evolve into nerve cells ...

For the first time, scientists can examine the effects of hepatitis E viruses on nerve cells using a novel cell model. Liver infections are usually caused by Hepatitis E viruses (HEV). However ...

More information: Wendy K. Jo et al, Ancient evolutionary origins of hepatitis E virus in rodents, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2413665121 ...

Use the tweezers to pull out a segment of DNA from the hepatitis B virus ... of DNA to the DNA of a yeast cell (which is in the yeast culture). A segment of the virus's DNA is responsible for ...