Unlike most influenza viruses, which bind to glycans—i.e. carbohydrate chains on the cell surface—for infection, the H18N11 virus has a different target. Example 1 of MDCK cells stably ...

Virologists across the globe are raising alarms over the spread of the H5N1 avian flu virus, which is now infecting not just birds, but cattle and humans. While the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Besides serving as food for certain microbes, viruses perform some helpful functions that remain poorly understood. A ciliate, a type of single-celled microbe, swims next to Sphagnum moss ...

The mechanism is believed to involve Fc receptor blockade, which prevents antibody-opsonized platelets from being destroyed by Fc receptor-mediated phagocytosis. It may also involve downregulation ...

A fatal virus has reportedly been discovered in shrews in Alabama, sparking concerns about potential contagion to humans. The Camp Hill virus — thought to be the first "henipavirus" in North ...

outbreaks of Oropouche virus have flared up in the Amazon for decades, but historically the pathogen has little troubled the rest of the world. But this seems to be changing. In 2024, the virus ...

But another cause of cancer isn't discussed as often: viruses. Parasitic worm raises risk of cervical cancer Cancer: Facts about the diseases that cause out-of-control cell growth CDC data reveal ...

Viruses that infect other microbes may influence the movement of more than a billion tonnes of carbon in soil, according to the first attempt at quantifying their role in one of the planet’s mai ...

YF550-C1, an E3 ligase inhibitor of CBL-B, to demonstrate T cell and NK cell activation and anti-tumor activities in syngeneic and PDX tumor model. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Ever since viruses came to light in the late 1800s, scientists have set them apart from the rest of life. Viruses were far smaller ...

Pancreatic beta cells (β-cells) reside in a cluster of cells in the pancreas known as the islets of Langerhans. Pancreatic β cells are the only cells that produce insulin - a hormone that ...

At the same time, more resilient species of mosquitoes become more prevalent -- which also means the viruses they carry are more abundant. If there are many individuals of a given species ...