New insights into a "friendly virus" that could pave the way for cutting-edge treatments for the potentially fatal superbug C ...

Bacteriophages are viruses that selectively target and kill bacteria. They are abundant, commonly occurring natural entities ...

A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which ...

A combination of imaging techniques reveals how herpes simplex virus type 1 assembles within infected cells, highlighting the roles of essential viral proteins in viral assembly and exit.

In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers used viral metagenomics to identify several viruses — including one new ...

Researchers may finally be able to forecast dangerous red algae blooms - Red tides can lead to millions of dollars in losses, ...

Researchers hope the study can eventually find a way to predict when blooms will occur, and how to reduce their effects on ...

The current 60-day minimum for aging raw milk cheese may not be long enough to kill all pathogens present in it.

Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses and both specialize in infecting a host’s dendritic cells. However, scientists show that these two viruses ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of South Florida has identified viruses associated with Karenia brevis, the microscopic algae that is known as red tide. “We know that viruses play an ...

In recognition of World Water Day (22 March) and the global threat of AMR, the Microbiology Society has published a new policy briefing outlining the current state of AMR in wastewater.  The new ...

Fred Hutch virologist Keith Jerome, MD, PhD, and evolutionary biologist Jesse Bloom, PhD, were recently elected to the 2025 ...