T cells are some of the immune system's most important warriors. They can stop tumor growth and even fight off severe ...

When thinking of the immune system, most people imagine white blood cells putting up a fight against invading germs in the ...

How flu viruses enter cells has been directly observed thanks to a new microscopy technique with the potential to revolutionize research on membrane biology, virus–host interactions and drug discovery ...

We often hear that the coronavirus is finding better ways to attack cells, but the virus does not have an intentional purpose of spreading. Viruses happen to attach and infect cells by obeying the ...

Scientists investigating how influenza viruses replicate within cells "accidentally" discovered that different flu viruses ...

A team led by investigators at Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has shown that a single injection of an oncolytic virus—a genetically modified virus that selectively infects and ...

For decades, HIV treatment has depended on one hard truth: once medication stops, the virus usually comes roaring back. Modern antiretroviral drugs can suppress HIV so effectively that many people ...

Scientists say they’ve discovered that flu viruses hijack our cells in different ways, opening up new possibilities for ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — An experimental chemotherapy drug may change how we fight cancer by treating it like a virus. Discovered by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and The University ...

Multiple sclerosis is also caused by a virus carried by almost all humans. A new study provides an explanation as to why only ...