Mitochondria are cell organelles surrounded by a double membrane. In addition to numerous essential functions in the ...

Salk Institute. (2016, February 17). Protein structure illuminates how viruses take over cells. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 02 / 160217140313.htm ...

New molecular structure reveals how bluetongue virus enters host cells. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 12 / 151207151255.htm ...

As summer kicks into full gear and people are spending more time outside, there's one thing on many people's minds—ticks.

Like other viruses, the dengue virus is a microscopic structure that can only replicate inside a host organism. The four closely related dengue viruses — DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4 — are ...

Researchers have identified the structure of the Zika virus, laying the foundation for further study into the ways it infects healthy cells, according to a new study. Skip to Main Content.

The mimivirus is the largest virus known to scientists, about half of a micrometre (0.0005 millimeter) in diameter. It is more than 10 times larger than the virus that causes the common cold and ...

LA JOLLA--Using cutting-edge imaging technology, Salk Institute and Harvard Medical School researchers have determined the structure of a protein complex that lets viruses similar to the human ...

The virus that causes COVID-19 can alter the genomic structure of cells, which may explain the immunological symptoms that someone experiences from an infection, according to a new study from ...

Viruses can get into cells in several ways. Figuring out how to stop them from entering in the first place is a key to developing better vaccines and stopping future pandemics.

December 2000. Study reveals structure of DNA packaging motor in virus. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A detailed look at one of nature's smallest motors is providing scientists with new insights on how some ...

Measles virus hemagglutinin (MVH) can bind to different cell surface receptors in the human host. CD46, the first identified MVH receptor, is used mainly by vaccine strains, whereas clinical ...