Viral contamination in cell cultures poses significant challenges, particularly due to the necessity for complex detection ...

The cell doesn’t die right away. Obeying instructions from the virus, the newly infected cell sprouts multipronged tentacles studded with viral particles. These sick zombie cells appear to be ...

Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in infecting ...

Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage ...

Certain immune cells in MS show abnormalities in activity and signs of reactions against the Epstein-Barr virus, a study says.

Natural killer cell deficiency should be considered in patients susceptible to herpes virus or papillomavirus with persistently decreased NK cell function.

A new cancer therapy utilising a genetically modified herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) offers hope for late-stage patients ...

Scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders -- by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it to 'vaccinate' ...

When we get sick with viruses or bacteria, our immune systems have the ability to form memories that quickly allow them to recognize and respond to the pathogens if they’re encountered again. Measles ...

The Zika virus builds tiny tunnels, called tunneling nanotubes, to stealthily transport material needed to infect nearby ...

But we are concerned about how some scientists are experimenting with viruses in ways that could put all of us in harm’s way. In a study published in the scientific journal Cell, a group of ...