Researchers successfully decoded the genome of the 1918 influenza virus by utilizing an over 100-year-old formalin-fixed ...

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode ...

The structure of influenza polymerase, the first from any negative-strand RNA virus, reveals the enormous complexity of the molecule and highlights the fact that all three subunits are intricately ...

Viruses use the molecular repertoire of the host cell to replicate. Researchers want to exploit this for the treatment of influenza. The team identified a compound that inhibits the body's own ...

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of influenza A/H3N2 virus particles, isolated from a patient sample and then propagated in cell culture. Influenza A virus particles adapt shape—as ...

Understanding the differences between bacteria and viruses is crucial for recognizing how these microorganisms impact our ...

Influenza A is believed to be the most severe type of flu virus for humans, although this is the subject of debate, as there is some evidence to suggest that influenza B might be equally as dangerous.

This approach can help the virus infect new species, and potentially, humans. Flu viruses usually use envelope proteins that surround the virus to enter cells; these proteins erupt from the flu's ...

Researchers have identified antibodies targeting a hard-to-spot region of the influenza virus, shedding light on the relatively unexplored 'dark side' of the neuraminidase (NA) protein head. The ...

Scientists have discovered that H5N1, the strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus currently spreading in U.S. dairy cows, only needs a single mutation to readily latch on to human cells ...