Hantaviruses, transmitted from rodents to people, have a death rate approaching 40%. They're found around the world, and ...

A newly isolated giant virus shows bizarre features inside infected cells, and its unusual structure hints at deeper ...

This is the highest resolution molecular structure ever constructed of a key protein complex on the surface of the Andes ...

Scientists found an unexpected viral hitchhiker lurking inside a common gut bacterium – and it was twice as prevalent in people with colorectal cancer.

New findings published in the journal Cell about the Andes virus, a hantavirus endemic to the southwestern U.S. and other ...

Hantaviruses, transmitted from rodents to people, have a death rate approaching 40%. They're found around the world, and because there are no approved ...

For decades, scientists believed a fertilized egg’s DNA began as a shapeless mass, only organizing itself once the embryo switched on its genes. But new research reveals that the genome is already ...

Researchers in Japan have identified a striking new way immune cells strip DNA out of dying neighbors, a process they call ...

Biochemists at Caltech have identified how viruses have converged on a method for killing bacteria. The researchers have homed in on an underexplored small transporter called MurJ that is a vital part ...

Highly organized LNPs may resist releasing their cargo due to interactions between the positively-charged lipids and negatively-charged RNA.

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

New research from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry and Masonic Cancer Center is providing important new insights into the structure of a human virus that causes blood cancer.