Giant viruses play a role in the survival of single-celled marine organisms called protists. These include algae, amoeba, and flagellates, that form the base of ocean food webs. And since these ...

From fecal transplants to phage cocktails, scientists reveal how gut viruses could unlock precision medicine for digestive diseases and beyond.

Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion.

Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the ...

Researchers discovered that HSV-1 (herpes simplex virus) actively reshapes the 3D layout of human DNA within hours of ...

Researchers have developed the downstream section of a new streamlined production method for an emerging virus class.

A strategy that analyzes the structural properties of RNA could help identify regions that are promising targets for antiviral drugs.

Southwest suburban Evergreen Park is one of many villages and cities that spray for mosquitoes in the summer. It is one way ...

The human gut is home to trillions of microbes, yet scientific understanding has largely focused on bacteria, leaving the ...

Some scientists now believe a single viral mutation could rapidly generate a whole new form of life challenging everything we ...

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

Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the ...