Zika virus, infamous for causing microcephaly, manipulates a host protein called ANKLE2 to assist its replication, which also ...

Zika virus is unusual in that it can cross the placenta and enter the fetus, where ANKLE2 is known to play a big role in brain development.

The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly, a birth defect in which abnormal brain development results in a smaller-than-expected head. A new study shows that the Zika virus ...

Study reveals that contemporary HPAI H5N1 viruses show reduced replication and immune activation in human lung organoids, ...

It is noteworthy that in zero gravity, astronauts lose bone density by up to 12 percent in just six months. This could make childbirth in space dangerous.

Human Metapneumovirus infections highlight the importance of understanding the distinction between bacterial and viral ...

Viral reverse transcriptase (RT) plays a critical role in replication (e.g., retroviruses, that reverse transcribe RNA ...

Australian researchers engineered a new way to hinder the reproduction of disease-carrying mosquitoes using the TMT.

Transmission electron micrograph of negatively stained FloV-SA2 virus particles (top left). Scale bar: 100 nm; A ribosome ...

The BC Centre for Disease Control says it is comparing the genetic features of a local teenager's avian flu case with that of a Louisiana patient who died earlier this ...

ANP32 proteins have also been implicated in supporting influenza virus replication. The human acidic nuclear phosphoproteins ANP32A and ANP32B are functionally redundant but essential host factors for ...