Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team has developed a method that can be used to study the interaction of viruses with host cells in unprecedented ...

On October 14, a team of scientists at Boston University released a pre-print study reporting that they had created a version of SARS-CoV-2 combining two features of different, existing strains that ...

The film discusses the nature of viruses, including their structure, reproduction, and the diseases they cause. It explains how viruses are incredibly small and require a host cell to survive and ...

A new study will take a closer look at the viability of flu and coronavirus after aerosol-producing events in hospitals. As the COVID pandemic began to unfold in late 2019, researchers around the ...

ST. LOUIS -- Even as scientists were confirming that the West Nile virus had reached St. Louis, researchers here already have been trying to pinpoint why the mosquito-transmitted form of encephalitis ...

Watch a white blood cell actively searching for bacteria or viruses under the microscope.

Viruses have no metabolism of their own and must therefore infect host cells in order to replicate. Contact between the virus and the cell surface is a crucial first step, which can also prevent ...

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