When the research team infected mice with another skin virus, polyomavirus, and exposed them to UV rays, there was no significant difference compared to the uninfected mouse group. The research ...

Citation: Analysis provides new insights into the replication of BK polyomavirus, a major cause of kidney transplant failure (2024, December 6) retrieved 30 December 2024 from https://phys.org ...

Single-cell analysis reveals host S phase drives large T antigen expression during BK polyomavirus infection. PLOS Pathogens , 2024; 20 (12): e1012663 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012663 Cite This ...

BK polyomavirus, or BKPyV, is a major cause of kidney transplant failure. There are no effective drugs to treat BKPyV. Research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham reveals new aspects of ...

The company has successfully developed small molecule drugs that directly target viral proteins essential to the polyomavirus life cycle. Polyomaviruses lack conventional antiviral protein targets ...