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Ushikuvirus is a newly identified giant virus that infects amoebas, adding to a growing group of oversized viruses that scientists believe may have played an important role in the emergence of complex ...

One of the big debates in long COVID research is whether the virus can persist in the body, or whether it leaves the immune ...

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses.

Recent findings suggest that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is involved in both causing multiple sclerosis (MS) and shaping its ...

The immune system's reaction to the common Epstein-Barr virus can ultimately damage the brain and contribute to multiple ...

Ancient DNA is turning human evolution into a crime scene reconstruction, and one of the prime suspects is a herpesvirus that ...

Autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis arise when the immune system turns against the body itself. Yet for most of ...

Learn how a newly discovered virus disrupts its host’s nucleus in ways that echo how complex cells may have formed billions ...

A virus cell on the nano spiked silicon surface, magnified 65,000 times. After 1 hour it has already begun to leak material. Researchers at Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) ...

When a pathogen like a dangerous virus invades the human body, it usually has to enter human cells to cause an illness. Influenza has to latch onto a receptor on the surface of a human cell so it can ...

A study finds that diverse flowers sometimes increase virus spread among bees, challenging assumptions about biodiversity, ...