Viruses are typically described as tiny, perfectly geometric shells that pack genetic material with mathematical precision, ...

When a pathogen like a dangerous virus invades the human body, it usually has to enter human cells to cause an illness.

We know that the process of viral uptake into cells begins with interactions between proteins hemagglutinin and neuraminidase ...

How can a virus with only five proteins dominate a human cell that contains thousands? This question has long puzzled ...

Scientists have finally watched influenza viruses break into living human cells in real time, catching the microscopic ...

Scientists found that Ebola and Marburg viruses replicate in human gut organoids and interfere with fluid and barrier ...

Organoids with both intestinal and colonic regions are able to better represent the human GI tract with Ebola and Marburg infections.

Foamy viruses (FVs) are a unique group of retroviruses that have co-evolved with their animal hosts for hundreds of millions of years. Unlike other retroviruses, FVs are generally considered ...

Over 12 million people worldwide suffer from a chronic infection with the hepatitis D virus. This most severe viral liver disease is associated with a high risk of dying from liver cirrhosis and liver ...

Even in death, cells leave a trace. Scientists have discovered a microscopic “Footprint of Death” that not only helps the immune system clean up but can also give viruses a new way to spread infection ...

The emergence of T-cell therapy has fundamentally reshaped the approach to preventing and treating viral infections in patients undergoing allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing the flu, specifically influenza B this week. They’re also see viral upper ...