In the world of viral research, uncovering a virus’s weaknesses is often a painstaking process that requires years of ...

Researchers discovered that HSV-1 (herpes simplex virus) actively reshapes the 3D layout of human DNA within hours of ...

The type of cells a virus targets and how it enters them depend ... Aaron Steckelberg is a senior graphics editor who creates maps, charts and diagrams that provide greater depth and context ...

Salk Institute. (2016, February 17). Protein structure illuminates how viruses take over cells. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 02 / 160217140313.htm ...

In a new Cell study, scientists in LJI’s Center for Vaccine Innovation share the first detailed, complete images of a viral structure called the Ebola virus nucleocapsid. This breakthrough may ...

The virus that causes COVID-19 can alter the genomic structure of cells, which may explain the immunological symptoms that someone experiences from an infection, according to a new study from ...

This is the normal temperature of the human body, and it implies that structure plays a central role the way the virus delivers its genetic material into a cell – the first step in an infection.

New research by scientists at the University of Toronto and the Structural Genomics Consortium has deepened our understanding of how viruses like the flu, common cold, and COVID-19 get into cells ...

As part of the team in 2017 that mapped the structure of a human antibody that could potently block the Zika virus, as well as the recipient of this major grant from NIAIAD, Kuhn is one of the ...

In the new study, researchers homed in on a part of the viral machinery called the viral polymerase complex, a group of proteins the virus uses to copy its genetic material, spread, and infect cells.

This work is published in Cell, in the paper, “Intracellular Ebola Virus nucleocapsid assembly revealed by in situ cryo-electron tomography.. In a first, the study reports detailed, complete ...