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 ...

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.

A University of Denver virologist and biophysicist is one step closer to understanding how HIV spreads once it enters the ...

Ebola is a deadly hemorrhagic disease caused by a virus that is endemic in parts of East-Central and West Africa. Most people ...

Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said a genetic analysis suggests the virus mutated inside the patient to possibly make it a more severe illness in humans.