A newly identified virus–cell hybrid structure allows viruses to spread faster and more aggressively by hitching a ride on ...

Scientists have discovered a shocking new way viruses can spread — and it’s faster and deadlier than ever. Meet “Migrions,” a ...

Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...

A common virus carried by most humans could trigger lupus, offering new clues for preventing and treating this dangerous autoimmune disease.

When a pathogen like a dangerous virus invades the human body, it usually has to enter human cells to cause an illness.

In a person living with HIV, proviruses—strands of HIV DNA—are typically integrated into the T cell genome and become a ...

Every winter, as the air sharpens and scarves return to shoulders, an old visitor also makes a reappearance: the flu. It ...

We know that the process of viral uptake into cells begins with interactions between proteins hemagglutinin and neuraminidase ...

Washington State University researchers have found a way to modulate a common virus protein to prevent viruses from entering ...

Scientists have captured an unprecedented, real-time view of influenza viruses as they move across and slip inside human ...

For the first time, a new high-resolution microscopy technique has allowed researchers to watch live as influenza viruses infect cells. The international team led by ETH Zurich found that the cells ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections are still fairly common and an estimated 40 million people worldwide are ...