Researchers identify a shared RNA-protein interaction that could lead to broad-spectrum antiviral treatments for enteroviruses ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising viral shortcut that turns moving cells into delivery vehicles for infection. Instead ...

Defective viral genomes (DVGs) and defective interfering particles (DIPs) represent naturally occurring variants of RNA viruses that are incapable of autonomous replication. In the presence of a ...

Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland.

When a pathogen like a dangerous virus invades the human body, it usually has to enter human cells to cause an illness. Influenza has to latch onto a receptor on the surface of a human cell so it can ...

Rapid and reliable virus detection is one of the most critical tools for controlling outbreaks, from seasonal influenza to ...

Norovirus spreads fast, hits hard, and thrives in the very places you are used to trusting a quick pump of sanitizer to keep ...

Animals that produce their own light source, through an internal chemical reaction, are one of the many wonders of nature – and something biotechnology scientists have been working hard to replicate ...