Antiretroviral treatments for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) have been extremely successful in extending life expectancy ...

Cancer research has long looked at bacteria and viruses as separate tools for therapy. Now, researchers are showing that the ...

University of Toronto researchers have uncovered how bacterial viruses protect their progeny in order to maximize their reach. The phenomenon, described in a study published in Nature, relies on viral ...

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have built a cancer therapy that makes bacteria and viruses work as a team. In a study ...

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) and the Medical Center—University of Freiburg has ...

Scientists report that targeting sugars on virus surfaces stopped multiple infections, though the approach needs much refinement before human trials.

You are mostly but not entirely human. If we crunch the numbers, 8% of your genome actually comes from viruses that got ...

Breast cancer patients who have been in remission for years or even decades may still need to be cautious about respiratory infections.

A virus closely related to smallpox disguises itself as a piece of a broken cell to trick its way into cells, Swiss researchers said on Thursday in a discovery that could lead to better drugs and ...

Imagine your skin as a bustling city. Each cell is a hardworking citizen, repairing sun damage and keeping the peace. But lurking in the shadows is a virus long thought to be a harmless drifter: ...

Human papillomavirus is a common group of viruses that can infect the skin and other parts of the body. While HPV often does not cause any problems or symptoms in most people, in some cases it can ...