Harvard Medical School researchers have uncovered crucial insights into how an emerging class of antiviral drugs works.
FOSTER CITY, Calif. & SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., December 22, 2025--Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) and Assembly ...
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) replication is fundamental to life, yet the precise mechanics of how helicases unwind the genome for replication remain unclear. A recent study published in Nature used ...
Nimbus Therapeutics, LLC ("Nimbus Therapeutics" or "Nimbus"), a biotechnology company that designs and develops breakthrough ...
March 21, 2012 (San Diego, California) — A novel helicase-primase inhibitor with antiviral activity against the varicella zoster virus might provide an alternative as potent as current treatments for ...
– 98% reduction in HSV-2 shedding rate, >99% reduction in high viral load shedding rate and 91% reduction in virologically confirmed genital lesion rate observed in 50 mg weekly oral dose of ABI-1179, ...
Researchers have identified the mechanism used by the helicase ring to thread around and separate entwined DNA strands in the replication process. DNA replication is a complex process in which a ...
In a recent study published in the PNAS Journal, researchers used a multidisciplinary approach to investigate a nonstructural protein essential in SARS-CoV-2 replication. They characterized the ...
The RNA helicase DDX3X spends its days unwinding RNA:RNA duplexes and binding key mediators of RNA metabolism. A regulator of RNA transcription, splicing, nuclear export, and translation, DDX3X plays ...
Originally established in 1970 as the Biology Council, HELICASE is the new name for the biology student club. HELICASE serves variety of functions, most important of which is facilitating greater ...