"Our findings show that Zika virus isn't just passively transmitted." Scientist reveals disturbing way Zika virus affects humans: 'It actively manipulates human biology to ensure its survival' first ...

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape—to become either spheres or larger filaments—to favor their ...

Biological scientists have uncovered how the dengue virus uses its envelope protein to capture human plasmin from a blood meal to enhance the permeability of the mosquito midgut for infection.

Biological scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have uncovered how the dengue virus uses its envelope ...

By altering the metabolism of the skin, the Zika virus guarantees its own survival, resulting in turning humans into mosquito ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

Now, researchers used cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) to elucidate the structure ... is published in Cell in the paper, “Structural and functional analysis of the Nipah virus polymerase ...

But filopodia can also wreak havoc: metastatic cancer cells use them to invade new regions of the body. Filopodia are composed of hexagonal bundles of proteins that give them structure and strength.

The advance, described Jan. 20 in Cell, brings scientists a step closer to developing much-needed medicines.Currently, there are no vaccines to prevent or mitigate infection with the Nipah virus ...

and infect cells. The work provides a detailed three-dimensional picture of the virus's polymerase and its key features. Understanding the structure and behavior of this critical piece of the ...

Researchers profile the molecular structure and features of a key part of the deadly Nipah virus. Experiments in cells show how changes in the viral polymerase — a protein involved in viral ...