How viruses shape our world. COVID-19 is a reminder of their destructive power, but they’re crucial to humans’ development and survival.

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

Giant viruses play a role in the survival of single-celled marine organisms called protists. These include algae, amoeba, and flagellates, that form the base of ocean food webs. And since these ...

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.

Long overshadowed by bacteria, the gut virome is now stepping into the spotlight as a key player in health and disease.

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

Southwest suburban Evergreen Park is one of many villages and cities that spray for mosquitoes in the summer. It is one way ...

Researchers have developed the downstream section of a new streamlined production method for an emerging virus class.

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

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

Some scientists now believe a single viral mutation could rapidly generate a whole new form of life challenging everything we ...