Cells have evolved ingenious ways to defend themselves from viral attack. Research from The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute ...

In normal, uninfected cells, our DNA is spread across the nucleus. Esther González-Almela and Álvaro Castells-García Within an hour after infection with herpes simplex virus-1, the virus begins ...

A research team from Kumamoto University has made a new discovery that reveals how the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 ...

Killer immune cells destroy cancer cells and cells infected by virus. These CD8 + T cells are activated after detection of ...

A virus that typically infects black-eyed peas is showing great promise as a low-cost, potent cancer immunotherapy—and ...

Scientists in Japan have discovered a genetic "silencer" within the HTLV-1 virus that helps it stay hidden in the body, evading the immune system for decades. This silencer element essentially turns ...

A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, raising the possibility that it could someday ...