The virus often mutates by simply deleting small pieces of its genetic code. The mutations "disguise" the virus from antibodies.

Prior exposure to one strain of influenza virus may weaken children's ability to mount an effective antibody response against their subsequent exposure to a different flu strain, according to a study ...

Dr. Paula Cannon, a Distinguished Professor at USC, is researching gene therapy approaches to engineer immune cells that could potentially cure HIV. Motivated by losing friends during the early AIDS ...

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal ...

In a new study, researchers across three US states analyzed seven viral outbreaks in recent decades, including Covid, Ebola ...

Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab ...

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal ...

“Imagine getting a nasal spray in the fall months that protects you from all respiratory viruses, including COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, and the common cold, as well as bacterial ...

Researchers reviewed how somatic mutations accumulate in normal and diseased tissues, showing that natural selection can expand clones that influence disease risk, tissue adaptation, or cellular ...

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