The immune system has a tough job: When a tiny virus invades one of our cells, that cell must detect it and, within minutes, ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that human cells initiate self-destruction processes when viruses disrupt RNA production, offering new insights into innate antiviral defenses. Conducted and reported on ...

A bird flu virus that has often been ignored because it mostly causes minor disease in birds has the potential to cause a ...

The winner of a 2025 SITC grant examines mechanisms that may help explain why drugs that work for some forms of lymphoma ...

Ancient viral DNA in bacteria helps block new infections, offering a potential path to fight antibiotic resistance.

For billions of years, bacteria have waged an ongoing arms race against viruses, evolving many defense mechanisms against the infectious invaders. Now, these evolutions may offer innovative ways for ...

The finding could lead to the development of better drugs for infections like the flu, autoimmune diseases and more.

A cell’s “death fold domain” protects our bodies from infection at the risk of chronic inflammation, essentially “trading ...

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Tiny viruses that only infect and kill bacteria can help treat deadly antibiotic-resistant ...

Multiple viral infections are common after stem cell transplants, especially in patients with CMV exposure, haploidentical ...

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disease that results from the destruction of insulin-producing β-cells in the ...