The story of life’s beginnings gets stranger when you look closely at viruses. These tiny entities seem to sit at the edge of ...

The cold season is in full swing, throats are scratchy and noses are running. We feel ill and hope it is not the flu. The ...

Researchers at California Baptist University say a study involving a virus that infects caterpillars has produced findings that could advance the understanding of viral infections and diseases such as ...

Many proteins have a complex architecture that enables biological functions. Molecules can bind to specific sites on a protein and alter its function. A team at HZB has now investigated the Nsp1 ...

Bacteria and phages that travel in space behave much differently in microgravity than they do in labs on Earth, exciting ...

Researchers uncovered a signaling cascade that regulates interferon production during viral infection. The mechanism relies on a specific molecular modification that organizes antiviral signaling ...

Researchers have deciphered the process by which the influenza virus steals the cap of the host RNA to replicate.

Ongoing research aims to confirm the mechanism by which ICP4 fluidizes the nucleus, which could indicate specific targets to counter viral replication.

A recent study utilizing cryo-EM advances our understanding of how bacterial immune systems function and reveals new aspects ...

Herpes simplex virus partially liquefies the tightly packed, gel-like interior of human cell nuclei to copy itself faster, a new study shows. The research centers on how the nucleus of each human cell ...

Infectious disease can afflict a population in complex ways. Understanding the varying risks is an equally complex challenge. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers a general ...