A long-lasting formulation of an antiviral drug greatly reduced people’s risk of a symptomatic flu infection in a trial, and ...

Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...

Apr. 23, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as ...

The molecular details of the influenza virus-host interplay are discussed in this article as well as how researchers are using this information to design new vaccines and novel antivirals.

Type I IFN Induction Virus replication results in the synthesis of several types of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). The major influenza virus PAMP is thought to be cytoplasmic ...

A commercial-stage immunology company, Vir Biotechnology’s current development pipeline includes product candidates targeting hepatitis B and hepatitis D viruses and human immunodeficiency virus ...

A listeria food poisoning outbreak that has killed three people and led to one pregnancy loss is linked to newly recalled ...

The electron microscope reveals that these infectious particles possess three principal types of symmetry. Each species of virus is ingeniously assembled from just a few kinds of building block ...

Viruses Under the Super Microscope: How Influenza Viruses Communicate With Cells May 7, 2025 — Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics.

With the development of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), high-resolution structures of macromolecules can be reconstructed by the single particle method efficiently. However, challenges may still ...