Immediately after the infection of a cell in the throat or lungs, the SARS-CoV-2 virus works very hard to replicate, using the human cell's metabolic pathways to produce its proteins and make sure ...
Sean Fletcher, a senior honors student majoring in medical diagnostics, recently became a first author on research published ...
Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how the World Health Organization decides which strains of influenza end up in annual flu ...
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have uncovered a key reason why HIV remains so difficult to cure: Their research shows that small changes in the virus affect how quickly or slowly ...
An infectious disease specialist took the time to explain what herd immunity is, how it works and when it might affect the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Frank Esper works for the Cleveland Clinic Children's ...
A University of Queensland-led project has used a 'brain in a dish' to study the effects of the Zika virus, taking research a step closer towards developing drugs to combat the infection. The mosquito ...
You wouldn’t wish it on anyone. That’s what University of Virginia infectious diseases expert Dr. William Petri has to say about norovirus, the nasty stomach bug that has been tearing across the ...