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

SARS‑CoV‑2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to mutate, with some newer strains becoming less responsive to current antiviral treatments like Paxlovid. Now, University of California San Diego ...

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

Using proteins from a common tobacco plant virus, McGill chemistry researchers have developed a simple, eco-friendly way to ...

Scientists have finally watched influenza viruses break into living human cells in real time, catching the microscopic ...

A virus carried by 95% of adults from childhood may trigger bladder cancer decades later by damaging cells during immune ...

Chinese scientists say they have uncovered how the H5N1 virus initially invades the mammary glands of dairy cattle, potentially triggering last year's outbreak of bird flu across more than 1,000 dairy ...

Since the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was identified in 1983, roughly 91.4 million people around the world have ...

A transparent chip no larger than a stick of gum is helping scientists at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, ...

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

Scientists have discovered that avian influenza viruses have a gene that makes them incredibly resistant to heat, rendering ...