Flu viruses that can use a second cellular entry point may move more effectively between animals and humans, scientists say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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 ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may preferentially use a "back door" into cells to infect the brain, a new mouse study suggests. "The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein coats the outside of the ...

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 ...

"This project is very fundamental virology. It speaks to many of the things we had to do at the very beginning," said Taylor. "We wanted a propagated virus, so in the 1950s scientists grabbed a cell ...

Zika virus hijacks a key protein implicated in brain development for its own replication. Researchers led by Associate Professor Priya Shah at the University of California, Davis (CA, USA), have ...

When immune cells strike, precision is everything. New research reveals how natural killer and T cells orchestrate the ...

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 ...