In the ongoing fight against viruses, a new scientific approach could bring sweeping change. Instead of targeting the virus ...
Ebola is one of the nasty viruses that can hide in the body even after a patient recovers and tests negative. It can reemerge ...
Even in death, cells leave a trace. Scientists have discovered a microscopic “Footprint of Death” that not only helps the ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Ever since viruses came to light in the late 1800s, scientists have set them apart from the rest of life. Viruses were far smaller than ...
New research has uncovered a social world of viruses full of cheating, cooperation and other intrigues, suggesting that viruses make sense only as members of a community. Ever since viruses came to ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The term “gain of function” is often taken to refer to research with viruses that puts ...
Late in the Middle Ages, Italian stargazers gave a name to the annual contagion that rolled around each year like clockwork.
Addressing the question of whether and how immune cells (macrophages) in the central nervous system (CNS) traffic out, ...
An international research team has determined the first high-resolution structures of the herpes simplex virus origin-binding ...