Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne orthoflavivirus that can cause birth defects, including microcephaly, a condition in which head and brain size are significantly reduced at birth. The ...

Zika virus uses the ANKLE2 protein to replicate and evade immune defenses, posing a unique threat by crossing the placenta and impacting fetal brain development. Zika virus, infamous for causing ...

Federal science agencies have renewed and increased funding for a world-renowned digital archive of protein structures housed ...

Federal funds totaling $49.4 million will underwrite core operations supporting the digital archive of protein ...

Zika virus struck the Americas hard, stoking fear ahead of the Rio Olympics for its outbreaks and associated birth defects. That led observers to wonder why the continent of Africa didn't have the ...

YEMASSEE — When a prestigious research team from Boston wanted to test a vaccine for the highly infectious Zika virus, they brought the project to a South Carolina monkey farm that has been ...

Semliki Forest virus was originally isolated from mosquitoes in the Semliki Forest, Uganda, hence the name. Upon systemic ...

Paving the Way for Antivirals Against Ebola Virus and Its Deadly Relatives Sep. 17, 2024 — Scientists share detailed, complete images of a viral structure called the Ebola virus nucleocapsid.

Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...