Hannah Murphy. When the University of Minnesota Crookston welcomed new faculty members to campus in August 2025, Hannah ...

When a virus infects a bacterial cell, the viral genome is the first component to be fully injected into the cell, making it an ideal immune target. A bacterial enzyme anchored to the membrane ...

Scientists have discovered a defensive method of cells that resembles Spiderman shooting his web to ensnare enemies. These ...

Nivedita Pujari, a postdoctoral researcher at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, studies how herpes simplex virus uses ...

For decades scientists have recognized that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a formidable viral pathogen.

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 ...

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

Herpes simplex virus partially liquifies the tightly packed, gel-like interior of human cell nuclei to copy itself faster, a ...

Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses that infect and kill bacteria and represent the most abundant biological entities on Earth. They play essential roles across microbial ecology, biotechnology, and ...

The giant virus Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus uses a complex of viral proteins to hijack its host’s proteinmaking factories, researchers have found. Credit: Maria Ericsson & Maximilian Fels For ...

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...