A government lab finds a novel virus present in cell lines used for therapeutic production that were thought to be virus-free. Kerry served as The Scientist’s news director until 2021. Before joining ...

to merge their membrane with the host cell’s membrane. This allows the virus to enter the cell and start multiplying. Dr Isaacs said the next step in this research is to study the important ...

enveloped DNA virus became a permanent resident of an emerging eukaryotic cell. Where viruses came from is not a simple question to answer. One can argue quite convincingly that certain viruses ...

Viruses with an envelope steal a fatty layer from the cell. Then, new virus particles infect other cells, turning them into virus production factories too. So viruses are unlike any living ...

How does the dengue virus infect a cell and replicate itself? In this section, we will explore the answers to these questions. In 1943, Ren Kimura and Susumu Hotta first isolated the dengue virus.