The cold sore-causing Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1) hijacks human cells and reconfigures its DNA within just an hour after infection, according to a new study that may help tackle the pathogen.

Got junk? Learn how a new study suggests that, when it comes to our genetic code, that may actually be a good thing.

By triggering the DNA damage response in a patient, this could dramatically slow viral DNA replication, suppressing the infection, providing us with a novel avenue for possible antiviral treatments of ...

"If we think of viral replication as an old-fashioned milk assembly line, we know how the milk bottles are formed and that they come out filled, but prior to this study, the process of filling ...

Developing a method that can quickly and easily generate replication-defective live-attenuated viruses, the researchers said, will accelerate vaccine development for diseases caused by DNA viruses.

Recall that DNA-dependent RNA polymerases usually take DNA as a template and convert it into one or another form of RNA. Hepatitis D virus, however, is made up exclusively of RNA.

In contrast, when a virus hijacks a host cell's DNA replication machinery, it replicates hundreds of times. This "unlicensed" replication is not subject to the same quality control and is much ...

In contrast, when a virus hijacks a host cell's DNA replication machinery, it replicates hundreds of times. This "unlicensed" replication is not subject to the same quality control and is much ...

The hepatitis D virus genome consists of roughly 1670 to 1700 nucleotides, depending on the genotype. Currently, there are eight known genotypes, spread across the globe in geographic clusters ...

The cold sore-causing Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1) hijacks human cells and reconfigures its DNA within just an hour after infection, according to a new study that may help tackle the pathogen.