Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...

University of Pittsburgh researchers have shown for the first time how Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV), which causes an aggressive skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma, initiates DNA replication in ...

A newly identified virus–cell hybrid structure allows viruses to spread faster and more aggressively by hitching a ride on ...

SARS-CoV-2 is a highly infectious virus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers have now had several years to study this virus, and several new reports have outlined the many ways that the ...

Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, uses a sophisticated tactic to evade the human body's defense ...

Modern medicine relies on our ability to genetically engineer cells and turn them into miniature protein production plants. The trouble is that, in addition to expressing the material that is desired ...

Parasitic infections pose challenges to creating effective therapies because these microorganisms are eukaryotic, like the humans and animals that they infect. Additionally, species like Toxoplasma ...

Researchers at the Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences report in PLOS Pathogens a novel role for the ...

As a hematologist and physician-scientist who specializes in bone marrow transplantation, Dr. Albert Yeh describes the “holy grail” of transplantation biology that has yet to be answered: “how do you ...

Researchers think a microbe that was engulfed by an algal cell 100 million years ago has since evolved into an integral part of the cell's machinery. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...