Viruses that infect bacteria can still do their job in microgravity, but space changes the rules of the fight.

The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...

Autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis arise when the immune system turns against the body itself. Yet for most of ...

The common cold is typically caused by viruses, most often rhinoviruses, which infect the upper respiratory tract (nose and throat). 1 Zinc has been reported to block the replication of rhinovirus. By ...

In a new study, we and an international team of scientists examined the behavior of marine viruses in a large band of ...

Newly published interdisciplinary research led by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and University of Maryland shows ...

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

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses.

Members of a new class of antivirals are being tested in U.S. clinical trials, and one has gained approval in Japan, but how ...

Researchers at Utah State University have reported a previously unrecognised CRISPR immune response in which a bacterial ...

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses. Said to have existed since living cells first appeared, these microscopic ...