Scientists investigating animal viruses with potential to infect humans have identified a critical protein that could enable ...

After viruses infected our evolutionary ancestors, bits of viral DNA lodged themselves into their genomes—and we still carry ...

Researchers have discovered that SARS-CoV-2 hijacks three important host proteins that dampen the activity of the complement system, a key component of early antiviral immunity. This significantly ...

Computer simulations of how influenza A moves through human mucus found it is ideally configured to slide through the sticky ...

Stacker consulted research from Yale Medical School and the World Health Organization to find how SARS-CoV-2 has evolved ...

Study reveals how viruses invade cells by exploiting host proteins, with findings that may help in pre-pandemic preparedness.

Scientists investigating animal viruses with potential to infect humans have identified a critical protein that could enable spillover of a family of organisms called arteriviruses.

Oct. 31, 2024 — Scientists investigating animal viruses with potential to infect humans have identified a critical protein that could enable spillover of a family of organisms called arteriviruses.

As of now, 17 states have reported H5N1 bird flu cases in humans, but there is still no evidence for transmission between people and the infections have been mild. Could that change?

This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry is all about proteins, the chemical building blocks and tools that virtually all living ...

A research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison produced high-resolution images of RSV structure, important for RSV ...

Like humans and other complex multicellular organisms, single-celled bacteria can fall ill and fight off viral infections. A ...