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

Researchers discovered that HSV-1 (herpes simplex virus) actively reshapes the 3D layout of human DNA within hours of ...

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

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

Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the ...

Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion.

Within a tiny plankton, an even smaller cell has been found living an unexpectedly virus-like existence, challenging what it ...

In the world of viral research, uncovering a virus’s weaknesses is often a painstaking process that requires years of ...

Topoisomerase I, an enzyme that snips DNA to release torsional stress, and cohesin, a structural protein, followed human RNA-polymerase II into the newly forming viral replication compartments.

Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the ...

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 ...