A new approach to analysis traced the viral DNA across evolution to identify its positions in our genome and understand its ...

In the video, a virus that was genetically engineered to generate the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, which is seen in pink, moves to the surface of a cell. The viral protein is then taken up by a cellular ...

Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion. Researchers discovered that it actively reshapes the 3D structure of the ...

A new study in the journal Cell provides an answer to this long-standing puzzle: the genetic instructions to make myelin were slipped into our vertebrate ancestor’s DNA by infection with a virus.

Some roundworms carry a genetic element that is so fascinatingly selfish, the survival of offspring hinges on inheriting at least one copy of it. It contains a duo of genes, one encoding a toxic ...