In his 40-year epidemiology career, Ian Lipkin has done it all: from discovering 2,000 viruses to solving a nationwide SARS ...

Besides serving as food for certain microbes, viruses perform some helpful functions that remain poorly understood. A ciliate, a type of single-celled microbe, swims next to Sphagnum moss ...

And this is a major point for me.” Viruses bring innovation, but cells respond with their own defensive innovations, such as the cell wall or the nucleus, and so it’s an arms race toward ...

Australian researchers have found a way to lure the virus out of the body's white blood cells, where it usually hides, using mRNA technology. Also: DNA testing to select embryos with longer life ...

While being analytical and applying logic is a valuable skill, the other side to problem solving involves thinking beyond ...

Cuts in NIH grants and the threat of more are discouraging investment and may drive trials out of the United States.

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have uncovered a key reason why HIV remains so difficult to cure: Their research shows that small changes in the virus affect how quickly or slowly ...

New HIV research shows that small changes in the virus affect how quickly or slowly it replicates and how easily it can reawaken in the body. These insights bring researchers closer to finding ways to ...

These differences also depend on the type of infection. Infection occurs when an organism, such as a virus or bacterium, invades the body. The infectious agent rapidly multiplies in the body’s ...

There’s a new virus wiping out Minnesota turkey flocks, and unlike with bird flu the federal government doesn’t cover producers for losses. Last year, Minnesota growers lost an estimated 2.2 ...

However, the ongoing evolution of the virus regularly produces new variants that are no longer neutralized by the antibodies. Researchers from TWINCORE, together with partners from Hanover and ...