For over a century, scientists have analyzed the vast microbial world within the human body. They’ve found bacteria, fungi, ...

The Human Virome Program will analyze samples from thousands of volunteers in an effort to understand how viruses affect health. By Carl Zimmer The viruses we know best are the ones that make us ...

A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, raising the possibility that it could someday spread ...

A 45-year-old woman in Kolkata has been diagnosed with human coronavirus HKU1 (HCoV-HKU1), a respiratory virus that can cause ...

The new report adds five new viruses to the list—including Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), one of ... “Given that approximately 12 percent of human cancers worldwide may be attributed to viruses, and there ...

A combination of imaging techniques reveals how herpes simplex virus type 1 assembles within infected cells, highlighting the roles of essential viral proteins in viral assembly and exit.

These four viruses are called serotypes because each has different interactions with the antibodies in human blood serum. The four dengue viruses are similar — they share approximately 65% of ...

The funding will create the Vanderbilt-coordinated Virus Characterization Center. Under the Human Virome Program, launched last year by the NIH Common Fund, the NIH anticipates funding five ...

From our nose to our lungs to our guts, the human body is home to a diverse range of microorganisms. Such rich microbial ecosystems are prime hunting grounds for viruses that infect and kill bacteria.