Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, ...

Viruses in wetland soil play a more important role than previously understood and could even be indicators of ecosystem ...

For decades, Arieh Warshel, USC Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and a 2013 Nobel laureate, has used computer simulations ...

New research shows feverish temperatures make it more difficult for viruses to hijack our cells. A mouse study suggests it's ...

Ancient viral fossils buried in our DNA are offering fresh clues about how today’s respiratory pathogens infect and spread. By tracing the shared architecture between long-extinct retroviruses and ...

How can a virus with only five proteins dominate a human cell that contains thousands? This question has long puzzled ...

Previously-discovered compounds to fight Chagas disease could get now life in the fight against strains of the COVID-19 virus that have become less responsive to treatment.

On the left is integrase in its “intasome” structure of four identical four-part complexes (pink) that connect to create one 16-part complex that locks around viral DNA (blue). On the right is ...

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

For the first time, a new high-resolution microscopy technique has allowed researchers to watch live as influenza viruses ...