An international research team has determined the first high-resolution structures of the herpes simplex virus origin-binding ...

Breakthrough cryo-EM structures expose multiple drug targets in an essential HSV-1 replication protein.An international ...

The rate of HIV infection continues to climb globally. Around 40 million people live with HIV-1, the most common HIV strain.

DNA, often called the blueprint of life, is built from four chemical building blocks known as deoxy-nucleoside triphosphates ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

A humble kitchen spice could pack a powerful antiviral punch. Researchers have found that compounds in cardamom seeds can ...

What scientists once dismissed as junk DNA may actually be some of the most powerful code in our genome. A new international study reveals that ancient viral DNA buried in our genes plays an active ...

Human DNA is not always making us function in ways we understand. Some of our genome is just there, and we’re not sure what it does. In fact, 8% of our DNA are viruses our ancestors caught one day and ...

A petri dish full of dead bacteria isn’t usually cause for celebration. But for Stanford’s Brian Hie it was a game-changer in his efforts to create synthetic life. The perpetrator was a type of virus ...

An international research team has successfully identified the initial high-resolution structures of the herpes simplex virus ...

After decades of mystery, scientists have finally figured out the structure of a key herpes virus protein that is vital for ...