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

Viruses typically contain either DNA or RNA as genetic information typically enclosed in a protein shell. Viruses infect all ...

The COVID-19 virus hijacks the machinery of testicular cells that produce the hormone testosterone in order to replicate.

As part of this ongoing battle, viruses naturally mutate over time. This process happens with or without vaccines. Each time a virus replicates, small copying errors can occur in its genetic material.

A suppressed immune response allows the virus to replicate more, resulting in increased transmissibility and ultimately increased mortality, he explained.

New HIV research shows that small changes in the virus affect how quickly or slowly it replicates and how easily it can reawaken in the body. These insights bring researchers closer to finding ...

Remarkably, when the HTLV-1 silencer was artificially inserted into HIV-1—the virus that causes AIDS—the HIV virus adopted a more latent-like state, with reduced replication and cell killing.

An antibody originally designed to combat dengue virus may also inhibit the spread of Zika virus in vulnerable areas of the ...