Dozens of new discoveries reveal that defenses evolved by bacteria and viruses billions of years ago still define our own ...

It’s easy for the microscopic germs to move undetected through vast amounts of air, meaning costly viruses that infect swine ...

New research shows the common cold virus may stay hidden in the body and spread without symptoms long after recovery.

A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil reveals that tissues such as the tonsils and adenoids can ...

A graduate student at Fred Hutch Cancer Center has produced a near real-time picture of how well the human immune system is ...

Tourism at a cave swarming with bats known to have transmitted a deadly fever disease? The popularity of Uganda's Python Cave points to yet another way interactions at the animal-human interface—where ...

Animal viruses have significantly contributed to understanding cell biology and developing preventive strategies against infectious diseases. Nonetheless, research on human viruses has taken ...

This manuscript reports an important study in which the authors apply smFRET imaging to probe HIV-1 Env conformational dynamics in the presence of antibodies. Previous implementations of smFRET ...

In a natural product whodunit, researchers hunt down the true source of antiviral action hiding in a plant-derived sample of isoquercitrin. The new family of antivirals they find, ...

Even if a virus escapes our antibodies and causes infection, our immunity wall protects us from severe disease.” ...

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