A study from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), published in Nature Communications, reveals how ...
The herpesvirus can manipulate our DNA with far more precision than previously thought. The virus condenses and changes the shape of our genetic material to hijack the host genes needed for ...
How can a virus with only five proteins dominate a human cell that contains thousands? This question has long puzzled ...
We know that the process of viral uptake into cells begins with interactions between proteins hemagglutinin and neuraminidase ...
Bacteriophages, or phages, viruses that selectively target and infect bacteria, have drawn growing attention for their potential use in a host of biotechnological processes to benefit humankind, from ...
Zika virus hijacks a key protein implicated in brain development for its own replication. Researchers led by Associate Professor Priya Shah at the University of California, Davis (CA, USA), have ...
Different teams need to make the same conclusion multiple times before a consensus is reached and the finding can be built ...
Even its ancestry is an enigma. Phylogenetic trees place Sukunaarchaeum as a “deep-branching” member of the domain ...
About 40 million people worldwide are living with HIV infection. In the United Kingdom, there are approximately 100,000 people affected. If the infection is not treated, the body will eventually be ...