Infectious microbes have evolved sophisticated means to invade host cells, outwit the body’s defenses and cause disease. While researchers have tried to puzzle out the complicated interactions between ...

In a recent study published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, researchers reported that lentiviral pseudovirions pseudotyped with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...

Finnish researchers have developed a new surface treatment process for orthopedic and dental implants that may reduce the risk of infection. Implants are commonly made from titanium alloys, which are ...

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Patients are more likely to get hospital-acquired infection than lose their checked airline luggage, according to Maureen Spencer, RN, an infection prevention and clinical implementation consultant.

Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection -- among them, raising the minimum number of viral particles needed to cause sickness.

As the HIV virus glides up outside a human cell to dock and possibly inject its deadly cargo of genetic code, there's a spectacularly brief moment in which a tiny piece of its surface snaps open to ...