In a new study, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers reveal a bacterial immune system that thwarts the phages’ plot by attaching a small protein molecule to their tails. The components of this ...

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.

“When viruses infect cells, they usually create specialized compartments – replication factories – where they form new viruses that infect more cells causing the disease,” said first author Dr. Soni ...

Researchers have linked chronic intestinal infections caused by cytomegalovirus (HCMV) to a unique subtype of Alzheimer’s ...

"When viruses infect cells, they usually create specialized compartments—replication factories—where they form new viruses that infect more cells causing the disease," said first author Dr ...

NIH-funded study concludes that the risk of human infection remains low A recent study published in Science and funded by the ...

For the study, the researchers analyzed spinal fluid from Alzheimer's patients and found antibodies produced specifically in ...

As bird flu infections rise in dairy cattle and chickens, human cases are ticking up too, leaving many people to wonder whether they might be at risk from this recently arrived virus.Bird flu ...