Natural killer (NK) cells are powerful immune effectors whose antitumor activity is regulated
through a sophisticated network of activating and inhibitory receptors. As effectors of cancer …

Introduction Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) has long been a useful research tool in virology
and recently become an essential part of medicinal products. Vesiculovirus research is …

Pseudotype neutralization assays are powerful tools to study functional antibody responses
against viruses in low biosafety laboratories. However, protocols described in the literature …

Retrovirus pseudotypes are a highly tractable model used to study the entry pathways of
enveloped viruses. This model has been extensively applied to the study of the hepatitis C …

Ebola virus (EBOV) is an enveloped, single-stranded RNA virus that can cause Ebola virus
disease (EVD). It is thought that EVD survivors are protected against subsequent infection …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a biosafety level (BSL)-3
pathogen; therefore, its research environment is limited. Pseudotyped viruses that mimic the …

The emergence of COVID-19 has emphasised that biological assay data must be analysed
quickly to develop safe, effective and timely vaccines/therapeutics. For viruses such as …

Ebolaviruses continue to pose a significant outbreak threat, and while Ebola virus (EBOV)-
specific vaccines and antivirals have been licensed, efforts to develop candidates offering …

Emerging viral zoonoses are a significant global health concern, brought into sharp focus in
recent times by the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

The Zika virus (ZIKV), a Flavivirus transmitted by mosquitoes or sexually, gained global
attention in 2016 due to an increase in microcephalic newborns from infected mothers. ZIKV …