International partnership unravels the mechanism by which Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) reprograms human metabolism, and identifies new pathways of anti-viral resistance. Viral infection is one of... Read more
A new tool that uses a forest-like array of vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes that can be finely tuned to selectively trap viruses by their size can increase the detection threshold for vi... Read more
In a study published in Pathogens and Global Health, researchers have modelled the evolutionary development and diversity of the Zika virus to better understand how infection spreads between... Read more
Tight DNA packaging protects against ‘jumping genes,’ potential cellular destruction UNC School of Medicine researchers discovered that the major developmental function of hetero... Read more
The executive committee of the International Committee of Taxonomy of Viruses approved naming a new virus, influenza D, as the South Dakota State University researchers who discovered it pro... Read more
We are more susceptible to infection at certain times of the day as our body clock affects the ability of viruses to replicate and spread between cells, suggests new research from the Univer... Read more
Jonas Salk created a vaccine against polio that has been used since 1955; Albert Sabin created another version that has been on the market since 1961. Together, these two vaccines have nearl... Read more
Researchers from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM) have identified cells that provide “safe houses” for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) during a... Read more
It has a funny name — coxsackievirus — but there’s nothing funny about how this tiny germ and its close relatives sicken their hosts. Colorado State University researchers... Read more
Study tracking protein adaptation over millions of years yields insights relevant to fighting today’s viruses Aminopeptidase N is a protein that acts as a receptor for coronaviruses, t... Read more
