Researchers have shown, for the first time, how the genetic material of the Nipah virus replicates in infected cells. The ...

A new combination of microscopy methods has revealed exquisite detail of the virus assembly process used by herpes simplex virus during replication.

Do viruses conform to these criteria? Yes and no. We probably all realize that viruses reproduce in some way. We can become infected with a small number of virus particles — by inhaling ...

Gilead Sciences announced a significant milestone: the U.S. FDA accepted their New Drug Applications (NDAs) for lenacapavir ...

But viruses certainly reproduce, infecting people and causing illnesses. It’s how they reproduce that’s unusual. Viruses lack essential machinery needed to reproduce by themselves. In fact ...

A new study led by Western researchers is the first to identify a factor that could influence how fast the pocket where human ...

However, they were uncertain about how HIV controls the remodeling of the cell membrane as it exits the cells and what role the lipid envelope plays in HIV replication. “Viruses in general, because ...

A study published Jan. 13 in mBio shows that the Zika virus hijacks a host protein called ANKLE2, which happens to be important for brain development, to assist its own reproduction. Because Zika ...