The human gut is home to trillions of microbes, yet scientific understanding has largely focused on bacteria, leaving the ...

The human gut is home to trillions of microbes, yet scientific understanding has largely focused on bacteria, leaving the virome—the community of viruses—relatively uncharted. Bacteriophages, which ...

From fecal transplants to phage cocktails, scientists reveal how gut viruses could unlock precision medicine for digestive diseases and beyond.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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