The pandemic has left some evidence that viral infection may play a role in reawakening dormant cancer cells already present ...

Infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a major risk factor for the development of cancer and autoimmune disorders. The virus enters the body in the pharynx, but EBV causes disease in distant ...

Dengue virus (DENV) poses a major global health threat, affecting an estimated 100 to 400 million people annually. The infection and pathogenesis remain incompletely understood, and no antiviral drug ...

Following infection, Ebola virus can survive unnoticed in the human body for months or even years, hiding in areas with little immune surveillance like the central nervous system.

Many viruses that affect humans have originated in animals. Usually, the virus evolves or changes in some way when it moves ...

How flu viruses enter cells has been directly observed thanks to a new microscopy technique with the potential to revolutionize research on membrane biology, virus–host interactions and drug discovery ...

A dual-organism therapy uses engineered bacteria to deliver an oncolytic virus into tumors, triggering cell death and immune ...

A new study reveals the biological secret to the Zika virus's infectious success: Zika uses host cells' own 'self-care' system of clearing away useless molecules to suppress the host proteins that the ...

For the first time, scientists have been able to watch the flu virus live as it infects human airway cells. They developed a new technique which makes the viral genetic material light up under the ...

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine have identified a possible way to make longer-lasting vaccines for respiratory viruses like influenza and the coronavirus that ...

Ebola can remain in nervous system of recovered patients and relapse years later, study warns - Immune system may not be able ...

The Oropouche virus outbreak in 2023 drew attention in Brazil and other Latin American countries not only because of its scale—with more than 30,000 cases recorded nationwide—but also because of the ...