Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to cross the placenta, which nurtures the developing ...
When a rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, infects the lining of our nasal passages, our cells work ...
Multiple sclerosis is a disease in which the immune system erroneously attacks a protective insulation that surrounds neurons ...
A research team has made a discovery in the fight against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for COVID-19. The team has uncovered new insights into how ...
Nearly all adults carry Epstein–Barr virus—but new research reveals how it can hijack immune cells, sparking a chronic disease that attacks the body from within. This colorized transmission electron ...
On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different ...
The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health ...
One of the big debates in long COVID research is whether the virus can persist in the body, or whether it leaves the immune ...
A new study shows the intricacies of the cold virus and how it interacts with nasal airway cells, revealing why some people are hit harder than others.