Viruses use the molecular repertoire of the host cell to replicate. Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation2 at the University of Bonn, together with Japanese researchers, want ...

Hepatitis D virus hijacks host cell transcription machinery to make copies of its genetic code. Here, we take a look at the steps involved in this process.

Viruses use the molecular repertoire of the host cell to replicate. Researchers want to exploit this for the treatment of influenza. The team identified a compound that inhibits the body's ...

Virusoids are strands of circular RNA that infect hosts by hitching rides on viruses. Once inside, they can replicate and spread undisturbed.

Researchers discovered a satellite virus latching onto the neck of another virus called MindFlayer. Studying the viral arms race between similar viruses could lead to new ways to fight infections.

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how a common virus linked to birth defects and chronic illness manipulates ...

In 2015, an outbreak of Zika virus, driven by a heavy rain season and subsequent boom in the virus’s host mosquito population, caused thousands of babies in Brazil to be born with severe ...

New research in the journal Nature Communications gives scientists an important window into how Ebola virus replicates inside host cells.

This highlights an important preclinical model that could be successful in humans. The notoriously persistent, ...

Vampire viruses prey on other viruses to replicate themselves This strange new microbial discovery may hold the key to new antiviral therapies ...