A recent international research project has used advanced microscopy techniques and computational modeling to discover why ...

A new study suggests that people may experience the same virus differently based on how quickly the cells in their noses ...

How does the body react after contracting the deadly NiV? Expert explains how the Nipah virus attacks the brain, leading to ...

Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to cross the placenta, which nurtures the developing ...

Most influenza viruses enter human or animal cells through specific pathways on the cells' surface. Researchers have now discovered that certain human flu viruses and avian flu viruses can also use a ...

Most flu viruses enter human cells through a single entryway — but new research has revealed a "back door" some germs can use to more easily infect cells and jump between species. Like human flu ...

Nipah virus does not just infect the body, it disrupts immune defences at multiple levels, suppressing early antiviral ...

The ubiquitous Epstein-Barr virus is increasingly being linked to conditions like multiple sclerosis and lupus. But why do ...

Lurking among them is a “giant” virus, a genetic behemoth that blurs the line between the living and the inanimate. When this ...

As part of their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) can establish an infection in liver cells, researchers led by teams at Memorial Sloan ...