Franklin W. Stahl, an American molecular biologist whose landmark 1957-58 experiment with colleague Matthew Meselson revealed ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

The cold sore-causing Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1) hijacks human cells and reconfigures its DNA within just an hour after infection, according to a new study that may help tackle the pathogen.Viruses ...

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

The being in question is a microbe called Sukunaarchaeum mirabile. Preliminary research says it stretches the definition of ...

NSC51349 selectively inhibits cutaneous HPV replication by targeting viral E2 activity, potentially paving the way for first ...

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...

Plant RNA viruses pose a significant threat to global agriculture, affecting a vast array of crop species and leading to ...

This newly found organism doesn’t act like a virus or a cell, and that could change everything we know about biology.

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like ‘Sukunaarchaeum ...

An injection that can prevent HIV infection for six months has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).