Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape—to become either spheres or larger filaments—to favor their ...

The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to ...

Meet the jumbo phage. Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the ...

While Zika has been reported in more than 90 countries, surprisingly little is known about what exactly drives Zika ...

The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms of how it infects cells. Currently, no approved treatments exist. To address this critical ...

Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the ...

A new chemical compound has been making a big impression in the fight against cancer in recent years. Now it seems EBC-46, ...

The virus quickly infects midgut cells to avoid a hostile digestive environment and quietly replicates without activating the mosquito’s immune pathways. Within days, the virus will be released by ...

A new retrospective, laboratory-based observational study provides detailed insights into the causes of fevers of unknown ...

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape -- to become either spheres or larger filaments -- to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions, according ...

Flu viruses have eight segments of their genome. When two different flu viruses infect a cell at the same time, they can swap whole segments of their genomes to create hybrid viruses that may have ...