Researchers discovered how human astroviruses bind to a receptor on human cells at a molecular level, which could inform new ...

The interior of a cell is packed with proteins and nucleic acids, such as RNA, all of which need to perform specific functions at the exact right time. If they don't, serious diseases—ALS, ...

The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms of how it infects cells. Currently, no approved treatments exist. To address this critical ...

New antivirals and vaccines could follow the discovery by Australian researchers of strategies used by viruses to control our ...

Discover the importance of nucleic acids for your health. Learn what foods are good sources of nucleic acids and how to ...

Scientists have discovered that H5N1, the strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus currently spreading in U.S. dairy cows, only needs a single mutation to readily latch on to human cells ...

For billions of years, bacteria have waged an ongoing arms race against viruses, evolving many defense mechanisms against the infectious invaders ...