The influenza virus manipulates the body’s gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread, according to researchers at ...

Scientists have discovered that a rare immune cell type in the lungs, called NAMs, plays a crucial role in surviving COVID-19 ...

The common cold sore virus, which is often caught in childhood, usually stays in the body for life – quietly dormant in the ...

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Bacteria use a newly discovered system called Kongming to turn viral enzymes into a self-destruct signal, with big biotech ...

While AGO2 usually works outside the cell nucleus, in conjunction with infection, the virus manages to move the protein into the nucleus, where it turns off genes that are key to the immune system.

A virus long dismissed as a scientific oddity has been found hiding in plain sight, and it may help fight dangerous bacteria, ...

Viruses are microscopic pathogens composed of genetic material housed within a protective protein shell. While they carry the ...

The immune system is comprised of two separate active arms of immunity to provide robust protection against disease. The two separate systems of immunity i | Immunology ...

Researchers are hoping that by solving the mystery of why bats can harbor viruses like hantavirus and coronavirus — pathogens ...

A type of virus thought to be a ‘mere curiosity’ is plentiful in one common bacteria, and possibly others, a Monash ...