Viruses are entities that have to infect other cells in order to replicate. They may have genomes that are made of DNA or RNA. We are still discovering new types of RNA viruses, as shown in two new ...

They took a plasmid that contained the IAP element and cultured it with a cell type that didn't normally contain IAPs. They then infected the cells with with the LCMV, and tested for conversion to DNA ...

A team at UT Southwestern Medical Center has identified a structural trick that lets viruses translate their genetic code inside human cells, even when that code is riddled with “bad” codons the host ...

Discover how CRISPR genome editing is revolutionizing medicine. Learn the science of Cas9, current clinical trials, and the ...

This story is part of our series on viroids and virusoids, small infectious RNAs. The story is also the second installment in a series on hepatitis D virus, a virusoid-like pathogen that causes ...

James Weger-Lucarelli has been awarded a grant to develop easy-to-use tools and techniques that will allow more researchers to study RNA viruses and their mutations. James Weger-Lucarelli has been ...

The symbiotic organisms that live in corals and provide them with their dramatic colors contain fragments of ancient RNA viruses that are as much as 160 million years old. An international team of ...

Individually tailored RNA or DNA-based molecules are able to reliably fight off viral infections in plants, according to a new study. The researchers were able to fend off a common virus using the new ...

With AI, it's now possible for researchers to predict the three-dimensional structures of proteins directly from their ...

Chronic hepatitis D virus (HDV) coinfection in people with chronic hepatitis B is associated with rapid progression to liver ...