A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which ...

For over a century, scientists have analyzed the vast microbial world within the human body. They’ve found bacteria, fungi, ...

The virus, unearthed at the Wuhan Institute of ... can infect cells by binding to proteins found throughout the human body and other mammals, according to the study, led by notorious “bat ...

The viruses that infect human cells have turned ... “They’re in a partnership.” In the human body, for example, phages typically don’t exterminate their host bacteria.

Researchers have discovered a virus that could enter human cells in a similar way to COVID-19. But they caution it's much ...

The cause of deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, were finally revealed. The actor had died of heart disease, while his wife suffered from a rare but deadly disease ...

A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, raising the possibility that it could someday spread ...

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

Researchers used cryo-EM, glycoproteomics, and modeling to generate the atomic structure of a fully glycosylated and membrane ...

The viruses we know best are the ones that make ... “They’re in a partnership.” In the human body, for example, phages typically don’t exterminate their host bacteria.