Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have mapped a critical ...

You, my friend, are what scientists call a "holobiont"- an organism made up of human cells and the multiplicity of ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In the last few months, schools all over the country have closed because of outbreaks of norovirus. Also known as stomach flu, norovirus infections cause watery diarrhea, low-grade ...

The study identifies new cell types within the skin that are targeted by EBOV during infection and ... Paving the Way for Antivirals Against Ebola Virus and Its Deadly Relatives Sep. 17 ...

In biology textbooks, the endoplasmic reticulum is often portrayed as a distinct, compact organelle near the nucleus, and is ...

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the Singapore General Hospital have discovered that T cells—white blood cells that can destroy harmful pathogens—can completely prevent viral infection, to ...

Traumatic brain injuries, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), have recently emerged as a major risk factor for ...

Once inside human cells, HIV integrates the viral genome into that of the human host. Ultimately, the virus uses our body’s machinery to produce copies of itself and spread infection. The HIV-1 capsid ...

Researchers believe the innovative idea holds immense promise for tackling a wide range of diseases including cancer through ...