EM images reveal how Marburg virus slips into human cells, exposing glycoprotein “cap” tricks and weak spots that could guide future antivirals, antibodies and vaccines.

RNA modifications have emerged as a crucial area of research within molecular viral pathogenesis, providing new insights into how viruses hijack host gene ...

The genomes of phages—viruses that infect bacteria—are largely composed of "dark matter": genes that encode proteins whose functions remain unknown. Less than four years ago, a team led by Prof. Rotem ...

Dozens of commenters appeared shocked or confused as to how someone in 2013 could have seemingly predicted the COVID-19 ...

Bacteria and the viruses that infect them are perpetually at war. Their deadly clashes push both kinds of microbes to evolve ...

Health officials in southern China are waging war on mosquitoes as the government tries to fight the spread of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. Most people infected with the virus develop ...