Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new details explaining how poxviruses manipulate host cells to enhance their ...

Researchers at Tufts University revealed a possible molecular mechanism explaining how the DNA repeats are broken and then expanded in the Huntington’s disease gene, pointing to a component of the ...

Bats carry viral pathogens that typically do not lead to severe disease in the bats themselves but can be lethal to humans. Adaptations in certain immune genes might contribute to this resistance.

Scientists at the University of São Paulo analyzed blood samples donated by six serodiscordant couples where female partners ...

“Commonly known as the stomach flu, norovirus has been around forever, and has become the leading cause of gastroenteritis or ...

Pandemics threaten both human health and the global economy. Vaccines are an essential part of the fight against pandemics, but they are only available months after the outbreak ...

Viral proteins are proteins generated by a virus. As viruses hijack much of their host's cellular machinery to support their life cycle, they encode very few of their own genes; viral proteins are ...

Many vaccines work by introducing a protein to the body that resembles part of a virus. Ideally, the immune system will produce long-lasting antibodies recognizing that specific virus, thereby ...

APOBECs are part of a first response team of proteins used to fight off viral infection until the adaptive part of the immune system can generate antibodies and killer T cells. They work by ...