New research by scientists at the University of Toronto and the Structural Genomics Consortium has deepened our understanding ...

The dengue virus has a roughly spherical shape. Inside the virus is the nucleocapsid, which is made of the viral genome and C proteins. The nucleocapsid is surrounded by a membrane called the ...

The measles virus is an enveloped virus bearing a lipid ... For infection to happen, the H protein first binds to a receptor on the target cell, and then the F protein changes its conformation ...

These cells freely circulate in your blood, but may form in larger amounts in response to threats like viruses, bacteria, and allergens. Some white blood cells also play roles in inflammatory ...

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team has developed a method that can be used to study the interaction of viruses with host cells in unprecedented ...

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A researcher in Purdue University’s College of Science is developing a patent-pending platform technology that mimics the dual-layer structure of viruses to deliver nucleic acid (NA)-based therapies ...

The decrease in CD4 cells during HIV infection seems to be driven by immune activation, which does not always correlate with viral load. Experienced clinicians are all too familiar with the ...