New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

Medical schools must make microbiology a prerequisite — to prepare students not just for school but for practicing medicine.

Researchers at MIT and other institutions have identified compounds that can fight off viral infection by activating a ...

The being in question is a microbe called Sukunaarchaeum mirabile. Preliminary research says it stretches the definition of ...

MIT researchers identified compounds that can fight off viral infection by activating a defense pathway inside host cells. These compounds could be used as antiviral drugs that work against not just ...

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...

Kennedy Jr. has downplayed the effectiveness of the long-used vaccine and instead promoted the development of new treatments ...

The era of bio-digital convergence is upon us two decades after it was first predicted, and the merging of biology and ...

Researchers at MIT and other institutions have identified compounds that can fight off viral infection by activating a ...

Viruses called bacteriophages, or phages, target bacteria but can't infect humans or other higher organisms. Phages inject their DNA into the bacterial cell, multiply to large numbers using the ...

Franklin W. Stahl, an American molecular biologist whose landmark 1957-58 experiment with colleague Matthew Meselson revealed how DNA replicates, helping pave the way for a revolution in genetics ...

Colds and sore throats don’t wait for the right time to strike. Discover how to stop symptoms in their tracks.