Perhaps all viruses arose via a mechanism yet to be uncovered. Today's basic research in fields like microbiology, genomics, and structural biology may provide us with answers to this basic question.

The Schitoviridae family of phages "represents some of biology's most understudied bacterial viruses, increasingly utilized ...

The skills and connections Wells gained during that research project were essential to landing a position after graduation ...

Study reveals how viruses invade cells by exploiting host proteins, with findings that may help in pre-pandemic preparedness.

McMaster researchers found that bacteriophages treated under specific conditions form flower-like structures that are highly ...

The innate immune system is the body's first line of defence against pathogens like bacteria or viruses. TRIM25 is a protein that is important in the innate immune response against RNA viruses, such ...

Knowledge-building extension: Use the Biology of SARS-CoV-2 resource from HHMI BioInteractive, including four animations about the structure, replication, evolution, and treatment of the virus, along ...