A newly identified virus–cell hybrid structure allows viruses to spread faster and more aggressively by hitching a ride on ...

Artificial intelligence has just helped virologists pull off something that used to take years of trial and error: crippling ...

Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus harbored by fruit bats. It can be transmitted to pigs and humans, infect people through contaminated food, and can travel directly from person to person via droplets.

Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The term “gain of function” is often taken to refer to research with viruses that puts ...

A recent study in the journal PNAS from the lab of Julie Overbaugh reveals a previously unknown antiviral function of a gene involved in the immune defense against Zika virus that has implications for ...

An innovative method known as ONCOTECH has been developed by researchers to physically attach oncolytic adenoviruses to T-cell surfaces through the interaction of antigens and receptors. To accomplish ...