〇NEWS
First 3-D image of Zika virus could speed vaccine hunt
世界初ジカウイルスの３Ｄ画像公開ーワクチン開発が加速か
（AFP,April.1)
US researchers announced Thursday the first three-dimensional map of Zika, an advance that some hope will speed efforts to develop a vaccine against the mosquito-borne virus which has been linked to birth defects.
The findings in the journal Science describe a virus that is in many ways similar to other in its family of flaviviruses -- including dengue, West Nile, yellow fever, and Japanese encephalitis -- but also contains some key structural differences.
Namely, a protruding structure on the shell of the virus, known as a glycosylation site, contains some unique characteristics that may be where Zika sets itself apart from others.
(米パデﾕー大）研究チームは3月31日、ジカウイルスの構造を示す近原子レベルの3D画像を公開した。これにより、新生児の先天性異常との関連が疑われるジカウイルスのワクチン開発が加速する可能性があるという。米科学誌サイエンスに掲載された同大クーン・ロスマン研究グループの研究結果によると、ジカウイルスはデング熱や西ナイル熱、黄熱、日本脳炎、ダニ媒介脳炎など他のフラビウイルス属のウイルスと多くの点で似ているが、重要な構造上の違いが外殻の突起部分にあるとのことだ。
〇Nishikori tops Kyrgios to reach final in Miami
錦織 決勝へ
Kyodo, AP,April.2
MIAMI – Kei Nishikori secured a spot in the final of the Miami Open for the first time in his career with a 6-3, 7-5 straight-sets victory over Nick Kyrgios of Australia on Friday.
The sixth-seeded Nishikori will be making his second final appearance at an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series event, and first since he was forced to withdraw from the Madrid Open final against Spanish rival Rafael Nadal in 2014 due to a back injury.
The men’s final on Sunday afternoon will feature Nishikori against top-seeded Novak Djokovic.
〇決勝は、深夜2時だが起きれれば見たいが。対ジョコビッチ,１SETのサーブがポイントだそうだ。
