In the midst of an increasingly volatile Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new study presented today
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Oh, Great: Apparently Electrons Are Too Round, and These Viruses Aren't Round Enough
Last week, scientists proved that electrons are round — a discovery that threw physicists into a tailspin. Now, other scientists
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In clinical trials, new antibody therapy controls HIV for months after treatment
Thanks to improvements in antiretroviral therapy, HIV is now a manageable condition. Yet even the best drugs do not entirely
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Proof-of-concept HIV immunotherapy study passes Phase 1 safety trial
Preliminary results from a phase I clinical trial have demonstrated the safety and tolerability of a cell therapy involving the
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Researchers explain how viral protein promotes deadly infection by Nipah and Hendra viruses
Researchers have identified how a viral protein, which plays a major role in causing deadly Nipah and Hendra virus infections,
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Ebola species found in bats ahead of any potential outbreak: Discovery illustrates PREDICT project’s goal to find viruses before they spillover into people
For the first time, scientists discovered a new ebola virus species in a host prior to detection in an infected
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Next-gen insect repellents to combat mosquito-borne diseases
Nearly 700 million people suffer from mosquito-borne diseases — such as malaria, West Nile, Zika and dengue fever — each
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Maternal dengue immunity protects against fetal damage in mice following Zika infection: Cytotoxic T-cells mobilized by dengue infection may combat catastrophic effects of Zika infection
Dengue and Zika viruses are closely related and carried by mosquitos. In infested subtropical and tropical areas, dengue transmission often
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How to slow down Ebola: Virologists use ‘genetic trees’ to evaluate intervention strategies
Between 2013 and 2016, West Africa suffered the most severe outbreak of Ebola ever recorded. In Guinea, Sierra Leone and
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Viruses reprogrammed to attack cancer
Viruses are small, rapidly replicating, infectious agents that can only survive within the cells of other organisms. They can be
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