Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade to make copies of themselves. As part of the ...

The only remaining autonomous 'jumping gene' can only attach to, and stitch a copy of itself into, DNA when it builds up into large clusters and only as cells divide.

The influenza virus manipulates the body’s gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread, according to researchers at ...

Monkeypox, caused by the monkeypox virus—a close cousin of smallpox—has spread rapidly worldwide. From 2022 to 2025, more ...

Then, the virus must evade the host's immediate defenses, which includes physical barriers, such as layers of skin and mucosa ...

For billions of years, viruses and bacteria have been embroiled in an arms race. In response to constant attacks by viruses known as ...

Mice infected with SARS-CoV-2 revealed that nerve- and airway-associated interstitial macrophages may keep lung inflammation ...

Antibodies are best known for their ability to latch onto and neutralize bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. But these immune proteins can do more than that: They also activate other components of ...

Macrophages are known to be the first responders to infection, as large immune cells capable of devouring invading viruses and the cells they infect. Led by researchers at NYU Langone Health ...

A rare cell type in the lungs is essential to survival from the COVID-19 virus, a new study shows. (PRNewsfoto/NYU Langone ...