Researchers successfully decoded the genome of the 1918 influenza virus by utilizing an over 100-year-old formalin-fixed ...

In biology textbooks and beyond, the human genome and DNA therein typically are taught in only one dimension. While it can be ...

As summer kicks into full gear and people are spending more time outside, there's one thing on many people's minds - ticks.

The COVID pandemic illustrated how urgently we need antiviral medications capable of treating coronavirus infections. To aid ...

SARS-CoV-2 virus in raw wastewater from student residence halls with concomitant 16S rRNA bacterial community structure changes ...

The structure of the Nipah virus polymerase complex elucidated using cryoelectron microscopy.

Researchers have detailed the structure of the Ebola virus nucleocapsid using cryo-electron tomography. This discovery could guide the development of universal antiviral therapies targeting multiple ...

In a rare but serious complication of cancer, the body’s own immune system can start attacking the brain, causing rapid-onset memory loss and cognitive deficits. What triggers this sudden biological ...

The virus that causes COVID-19 can alter the genomic structure of cells, which may explain the immunological symptoms that someone experiences from an infection, according to a new study from ...

The capsid has an icosahedral structure and is adjacent to the external envelope membrane, which protects the virus from nucleases or other physical and chemical factors within the environment.

Using a Nobel Prize-winning technique called cryo-EM, researchers were able to identify potential areas on the hepatitis C virus that a vaccine could target.