JERUSALEM - Israeli scientists have discovered a unique genetic mechanism that provides human cells with efficient protection ...

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As the seasonal flu picks up, there are even more opportunities for the bird flu to acquire mutations as the different ...

Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have mapped a critical ...

Viruses are packets of genetic material surrounded by a protein coating. They replicate by getting inside of a cell where they take over the cell’s replication machinery and direct it to make ...

The only natural host of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is humans. Model organisms for laboratory studies, especially mice, ...

Viruses replicate in any body they infect, but have more chances to do so in people who are immunocompromised or have underlying health conditions that make it more difficult for their immune ...

It feels like every other day, we hear about some virus or other causing havoc in critical systems around the world, but how many of them ever stop to ...