Researchers at Aarhus University have built a microscopic needle from DNA that can punch through a cell’s outer membrane and ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A virus closely related to smallpox disguises itself as a piece of a broken cell to trick its way into cells, Swiss researchers said on Thursday in a discovery that could lead to ...

The influenza virus manipulates the body's gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread. A new study also shows that an already approved drug could help strengthen immune defenses -- though its ...

Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, uses a sophisticated tactic to evade the human body's defense ...

Scientists have figured out how the dreaded herpes virus breaks into our cells. Herpes simplex type 1 (HSV-1) is mainly responsible for oral herpes. Around 67 percent of people aged under 50 worldwide ...

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine have identified a possible way to make longer ...

"The infection of our body cells is like a dance between virus and cell," suggested Yohei Yamauchi at ETH Zurich. With their new system, the team watched how single flu virus particles move across the ...

Viral membrane proteins are the proteins of choice in vaccines but are difficult to produce quickly and reliably for use in vaccines, limiting rapid response during emerging outbreaks. Researchers ...