Team finds the 'Clark Kent' of cells, secretly fighting to protect us from viruses
Now, scientists have discovered that human cells are home to their own hidden superheroes, secretly helping us to fight off a ...
How bat-origin pathogenic viruses manipulate human cell death and inflammation
A study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) offers insights into cell death regulation by viruses like ...
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Bird Flu Virus Is One Mutation Away from Binding More Efficiently to Human Cells
A new study finds tweaking part of the H5N1 virus infecting dairy cows in a single spot could allow it to better attach to ...
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Hunting down giant viruses that attack tiny algae
Weizmann Institute researchers have developed a new way to track the culprit – giant viruses – and identify their traces in specific types of tiny algae that they attack.
Giant virus encodes key piece of protein-making machinery of cellular life
Researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa have discovered that a virus, FloV-SA2, encodes one of the proteins needed ...