Scientific American

Cells Have a Crystal Trigger That Makes Them Self-Destruct When Viruses Invade

The immune system has a tough job: When a tiny virus invades one of our cells, that cell must detect it and, within minutes, ...

DNA and jolts of electricity get people to make optimal antibodies

Once an antibody latches on to a pathogen, broadly neutralizing antibodies inactivate it (as their name implies). This is ...

First high-resolution structure of key herpes virus protein opens path to new antivirals

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

Undergraduate researcher identifies virus's ability to replicate and cause cancer

When Sean Fletcher walked into Sam Biswas' Medical and Molecular Sciences (MMSC) lab at the University of Delaware College of ...

Exposure to any germs could've killed her. 11 years later, she's living a normal life thanks to a gene therapy treatment.

New research found that gene therapy for children with a form of severe combined immunodeficiency was successful in 95% of ...