However, viruses from many families can also spread directly between contacting cells ... infect a new host. For example, if the virus has a fragile lipid envelope, the virus particle could ...

A team of scientists at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg and the University of ...

The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly, a birth defect in which abnormal brain development results ...

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 ...

Scientists demonstrate how T4 bacteriophages can calibrate super-resolution microscopes with nanometer accuracy, enabling ...

Tiny genetic alterations could help the bird flu virus enter cells in the upper respiratory ... to develop as the virus adapted to its human host. The genetic changes were not present in H5N1 ...

Genetic sequences of H5N1 bird flu viruses collected from a person in Louisiana who became severely ill show signs of development of several mutations thought to affect the virus’ ability to ...

West Ham United U18s return to Premier League South action this Tuesday as they host Crystal Palace at Little Heath Training Ground. It marks the young Hammers’ first league outing since their ...

The process by which phages—viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria—enter cells has been studied for over 50 years. In a new study, researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana ...

Encouraged by these findings, researchers then studied selectively recognized pair of highly similar C 2v-symmetric C 78 isomers, namely C 2v (2)-C 78 and C 2v (3)-C 78, which can be ...