It started as a respiratory illness – or so everyone thought. But it quickly became apparent that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that ...

Huge, bacteria-eating viruses could be a game-changer for antibiotics that currently struggle to fend off deadly infections.

The virus that causes eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has evolved to infect mosquitoes. To be able to spread between ...

The plant immune system, which differs significantly from that of humans, utilises small RNA sequences to deactivate or ...

Once inside human cells, HIV integrates the viral genome into that of the human host. Ultimately, the virus uses our body's machinery to produce copies of itself and spread infection. The HIV-1 ...

Viruses carry only a limited set of instructions in their own genetic material, so to reproduce they rely on taking over host cell proteins and functions. Shah's laboratory studies these ...

Researchers have uncovered how the dengue virus uses its envelope protein to hijack human plasmin to enhance transmission.

Viruses carry only a limited set of instructions in their own genetic material, so to reproduce they rely on taking over host cell proteins and functions. Shah's laboratory studies these ...

Bats harbor many viruses that can spill over into humans, including Marburg, Ebola, and famously SARS-CoV-2. But while these ...

The only natural host of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is humans. Model organisms for laboratory studies, especially mice, ...

Host innate immune response to infection The interferon (IFN) system is a powerful innate immune defence used by cells to limit virus replication. Viral pathogen-associated molecular patterns ...