A strategy that analyzes the structural properties of RNA could help identify regions that are promising targets for antiviral drugs.

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like ‘Sukunaarchaeum ...

This newly found organism doesn’t act like a virus or a cell, and that could change everything we know about biology.

Genetic variation also plays a major role. It doesn’t encode trauma itself, but it shapes traits such as sensitivity to ...

Skin study findings may help to explain why African ancestry is associated with a lower risk of severe dengue.

Plant RNA viruses pose a significant threat to global agriculture, affecting a vast array of crop species and leading to ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

The cold sore-causing Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1) hijacks human cells and reconfigures its DNA within just an hour after ...

Whether antiretroviral therapy (ART) is always completely suppressive, or HIV might continue to replicate at low levels despite ART in some people with HIV (PWH), is still debated. Here, we ...