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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

To better conduct the analysis of nucleoside analogues, hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography–tandem mass ...

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

The RNA transcript of the viral genome, termed the pregenomic RNA (pRNA), is reverse-transcribed to the DNA genome during viral replication 2. In this respect, HBV resembles RNA viruses.

New discoveries are challenging the binary notion of “living” versus “non-living.”A recently discovered organism is a surprising microbe that shares traits with both viruses and cellular life. It can ...

An injection that can prevent HIV infection for six months has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).