Researchers found a protein that's essential for an enterovirus to enter human cells. Although not the infamous example—that ...

They coined the term "receptor-mediated endocytosis" to ... The first step for a virus to invade a cell is to cross the cell's plasma membrane, which is a lipid barrier. In general, a virus ...

When the SARS-CoV-2 virus enters the human body, it breaks into cells with the help of two proteins that it finds there, ACE2 and TMPRSS2. While there has been much discussion of viral infection in ...

A SARS-CoV-2 particle enters a person's nose or mouth and floats in the airway until it brushes against a lung cell that has an ACE2 receptor on the surface. The virus binds to that cell ...

These viral homologues differ from their cellular counterparts in that the viral proteins have gained new functions and eliminated others to harness the cell and benefit the virus. You have full ...

The HKU5-CoV-2 virus was found to use the same human receptor as SARS-CoV-2 which was ... were published in the peer-reviewed journal Cell.

A new cancer therapy utilising a genetically modified herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) offers hope for late-stage patients ...

A government lab finds a novel virus present in cell lines used for therapeutic production that were thought to be virus-free. Kerry served as The Scientist’s news director until 2021. Before joining ...

This important study shows that the Nora virus, a natural Drosophila pathogen that also persistently infects many laboratory fly stocks, infects intestinal stem cells (ISCs), leading to a shorter life ...

Semliki Forest virus was originally isolated from mosquitoes ... the Uppsala researchers verified VLDLR as the primary cell ...

A protein on the surface of certain immune system cells, including CD4 cells. CCR5 can act as a co-receptor (a second receptor binding site) for HIV when the virus enters a host cell. A CCR5 inhibitor ...