Researchers have identified a never-before-seen mechanism that enables HIV-1 to evade the body's natural defenses and use it to support its survival and replication. The 'loophole' is a biological ...

Newly discovered weapons of bacterial self-defense take different approaches to achieving the same goal: preventing a virus from spreading through the bacterial population.

However, Hepcludex has no direct antiviral effect and cannot prevent the daughter cells from also carrying the virus when infected liver cells divide. Researchers are therefore looking for new ...

The kissing disease affects 90% of adults and could explain your fatigue and brain fog. Discover how Epstein-Barr virus might ...

"Mono," caused by Epstein-Barr virus, raises the risk of multiple sclerosis, but it's unclear why. A study pinpoints a ...

In an important discovery, researchers from Florida Atlantic University's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine have ...

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) and the Medical Center—University of Freiburg has ...

Three children have died in the most recent outbreak of measles. This article reviews the symptoms and treatment of measles.

In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers from Florida Atlantic University's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine have ...