Now, Gilead has conducted an analysis of a phenomenon that can undermine all infectious disease therapies, including ...

Across the world, only a few dozen people appear to carry a genetic glitch that lets them brush off viruses that flatten ...

During viral reproduction, the influenza polymerase (top left, in blue) scans along the ribonucleoprotein helix to produce messenger RNA. Credit: Science Like a camera-shy teenager, influenza’s ...

For the first time, scientists have captured how new antiviral drugs halt the herpes virus in real time as it tries to replicate.

Recently, researchers in Dr. Chao Liu and Dr. Ping Zhang's team of Sun Yat-sen University identified a novel target of flavivirus protease NS2B3—diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2), a key ...

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 ...

Researchers have identified a previously unknown giant virus that may offer new insight into how complex life first evolved.