Kei Sato was looking for his next big challenge five years ago when it smacked him — and the world — in the face. The ...

Researchers have shown, for the first time, how the genetic material of the Nipah virus replicates in infected cells. The ...

Nobel Laureate and University of Chicago professor Jack Szostak delivered two lectures on the origin of life to an audience of professors, graduate, and undergraduate students the Monday and Tuesday ...

As viral vaccines are increasingly used to meet global health needs, the pharmaceutical industry is manufacturing larger ...

A standard virus consists of a protein shell holding genes that are encoded either in double-stranded DNA or single-stranded RNA. But scientists are finding that our bodies are also home to ...