Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team has developed a method that can be used to study the interaction of viruses with host cells in unprecedented ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, affects more than just the lungs and airways. Here's how this virus enters cells ...

Researchers from the University of São Paulo in Brazil have discovered that silver nanoparticles produced by a fungus called ...

Silver nanoparticles produced by the fungus Trichoderma reesei could become important allies in the prevention and treatment ...

Studies show how spike protein changes determine the risk of viral outbreaks, offering important insights for the future ...

Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade to make copies of themselves. As part of the ...

Avian influenza has been rampaging in wild birds around the world since late 2021. It can be considered widespread in wild ...

Globally, people get animal protein mostly from chickens, with pigs and cattle in second and third place. A 2023 report ...

The genome incorporation mechanism for LINE-1, the only autonomously active retrotransposon in humans, leverages the cell ...

The common cold sore virus, which is often caught in childhood, usually stays in the body for life—quietly dormant in the ...

Computational analysis shows that silver nanoparticles bind to the spike protein used by the SARS-CoV-2 virus to enter host cells ...