University of Exeter scientists studied chemical communication by phages (viruses that infect bacteria). The phages assessed ...
For the first time, this has allowed them to observe live and in high resolution how influenza viruses enter a living cell. Led by Yohei Yamauchi, Professor of Molecular Medicine at ETH Zurich, the ...
When a pathogen like a dangerous virus invades the human body, it usually has to enter human cells to cause an illness. Influenza has to latch onto a receptor on the surface of a human cell so it can ...
The characteristics of the protein that allows Marburg virus to enter human cells so efficiently – 300 times more efficiently than Ebola – have been identified. University of Minnesota (MN, USA) ...
Einstein co-authors (from left): Alexandra Tse, M.S., and current M.D./Ph.D. student; senior author Kartik Chandran, professor of microbiology & immunology, Ph.D ...
In a new study published in Nature, University of Minnesota researchers found that the Marburg virus, one of the world's deadliest pathogens with an average 73% fatality rate, is unusually efficient ...
Scientists found a natural molecule in the body that may stop the flu before it starts. This discovery could help create ...
Researchers at Aarhus University have developed a microscopic DNA needle that can deliver molecules directly into cells—and, ...
BRONX, N.Y., Sept. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The protein on human cells that tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) uses for infection has now been identified—a major step toward understanding how TBEV ...