A small U.S. study explored whether immune markers seen in many long COVID sufferers are also present in people with ...

We don’t even know if these obelisks are alive. In fact, scientists have been debating whether viruses are alive for decades ...

The Human Virome Program will analyse samples from thousands of volunteers in an effort to understand how viruses affect ...

A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus ...

Supercomputer simulations have revealed how changes in the shape of the HIV-1 capsid protein may help the virus squeeze its inner core into the host cell's nuclear membrane. The findings ...

Viruses are so small that they can lurk unseen inside cells. Some can even sneak their genes into their host cell’s DNA, where they can hide for years before replicating. “Totally new tools ...

In a nutshell Scientists discovered that the herpes virus protein UL12.5 hijacks the body’s own immune pathways to trigger ...

Host innate immune response to infection The interferon (IFN) system is a powerful innate immune defence used by cells to limit virus replication. Viral pathogen-associated molecular patterns ...

Whilst the ultimate outcome of the lytic cycle is production of new phage progeny and death of the host bacterial cell, this is a multistep process involving precise coordination of gene transcription ...

Amidst growing fears of human-to-human transmission, “bird flu” is no longer just a grocery store problem — it’s exposing instability in our new administration’s approach to public health. So, how can ...