Scientists have identified dozens of human proteins that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, depends on to replicate ...

Viruses called bacteriophages ... Our new research looked at one particular protein used by phages to bypass the natural defenses of bacteria. We found this protein has an essential control function ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

An engineered protein turns off the kind of immune cells most likely to damage tissue as part of type-1 diabetes, hepatitis, ...

Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a system that mimics natural selection inside living mammalian cells ...

A rare cell in the lining of lungs is fundamental to the organ-wide response necessary to repair damage from toxins like ...

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

Scientists in Spain and China discovered that HSV-1 begins rewriting the architecture of human genes just one hour after ...

In a study published on Thursday, scientists revealed 4,208 previously unknown proteins that are made by viruses such as influenza and H.I.V. Researchers elsewhere have been uncovering thousands ...

They also tested whether people had EBV antibodies, which are proteins that fight off infections and are stored in the body, ...

Such a discovery changes the way scientists think about the food chain in ocean ecosystems. Giant viruses can infect tiny marine life such as algae and amoebae, which are key to ocean health and the ...