A single amino acid may sit at an unexpected chokepoint in the body’s defense against both cancer and viral infection.

A study in mice suggests that arginine could help boost the immune system's response to cancer and viral infections, such as the flu and COVID-19.

When a virus enters a cell, its top priority is to replicate its genome rapidly, creating new viruses to infect elsewhere.

AI-designed viruses could transform medicine by helping fight infections, treat cancer and improve gene therapy.

A new study reveals the biological secret to the Zika virus's infectious success: Zika uses host cells' own "self-care" system of clearing away useless molecules to suppress the host proteins that the ...

So, figuring out how to make a new protein can mean directly tinkering with biochemistry, providing new and potentially ...

A study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) offers insights into cell death regulation by viruses like SARS-CoV-2, and how bats and humans respond differently to tricks that such ...

When a pathogen like a dangerous virus invades the human body, it usually has to enter human cells to cause an illness. Influenza has to latch onto a receptor on the surface of a human cell so it can ...

Matthew Taylor likened his recently published work alongside doctoral student Gary Dunn to kicking over a rock. Once the discovery was made, it was time to see what lay beneath. Taylor, an associate ...

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 ...

Herpes simplex virus partially liquefies the tightly packed, gel-like interior of human cell nuclei to copy itself faster, a new study shows. The research centers on how the nucleus of each human cell ...

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