Biological scientists have uncovered how the dengue virus uses its envelope protein to capture human plasmin from a blood meal to enhance the permeability of the mosquito midgut for infection.

Viruses are tiny agents that can infect a variety of living organisms, including bacteria, plants, and animals. Like other viruses, the dengue virus is a microscopic structure that can only replicate ...

Drug conjugates (ADCs) developed at Institute of Science Tokyo combine a CD4 mimic with neutralizing antibodies for enhanced suppression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. By targeting ...

Jamil Saad, Ph.D. Jamil Saad, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Microbiology, is the latest winner of the Heersink School of Medicine’s Featured Discovery. This initiative celebrates important ...

Discover how arbovirus E Dimer vaccines are engineered to improve safety by minimizing antibody dependent enhancement.

A team at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology has achieved a landmark breakthrough by unveiling the first three-dimensional structure of a viral protein deeply embedded in our DNA. Using ...