How can a virus with only five proteins dominate a human cell that contains thousands? This question has long puzzled ...

A recent study in the journal PNAS from the lab of Julie Overbaugh reveals a previously unknown antiviral function of a gene ...

A common childhood virus, BK virus, dormant in the urinary tract, is now linked to DNA damage increasing bladder cancer risk.

Using proteins from a common tobacco plant virus, McGill chemistry researchers have developed a simple, eco-friendly way to ...

The multi-hundred-billion dollar defense bill which funds the U.S. military is now written to prod the U.S. intelligence ...

An investigation into cellular components in bacteria has unexpectedly uncovered a feature with relevance across many life ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Itvisma (onasemnogene abeparvovec-brve) for the treatment of spinal ...

CRISPR, the gene-editing technology which won its creators the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, is most well-known for its ...

Detectives often find important clues by digging through rubbish. That approach paid off tremendously for systems biologist ...