The FCS in SARS-CoV-2 is one of the features that helps it to infect humans. So finding something very similar in this new ...

A team from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology has discovered a new class of bacterial mobile genetic elements that use giant viruses—known as jumbo phages—to move between cells. The ...

Viruses are often seen only as killers—responsible for diseases like HIV, Ebola, and influenza. But what if we told you that ...

Lee University students and faculty returned from an opportunity to present at the annual Conference on Bacteriophages in ...

Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), biologist Jessie Vandierendonck has been investigating new, alternative ...

The understanding of immune biology and the development of newer generations of immunotherapies have opened a new stage to ...

New faculty join Bates in chemistry, religious studies, and rhetoric. Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college over ...

The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of leading medical virologists representing 80+ Centers of Excellence and ...

The field of antiviral drug discovery for emerging respiratory viruses, such as coronaviruses, influenza viruses, and metapneumoviruses, is rapidly ...

With these additions, GVN strengthens its presence across the Americas and advances global capacity to address viral threats ranging from HIV and arboviruses to emerging pathogens and future pandemic ...

The microbiome-the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that live quietly in our body-plays a crucial role in shaping human health by providing a variety of micronutrients necessary for vital ...

Ten years after a devastating Zika outbreak in Brazil, new research has revealed another concerning side effect of the ...