Many antibiotics target the cell wall of bacteria, while some immune proteins can form a membrane attack complex that punches holes in pathogens, for example. But a few years ago, researchers ...

The researchers say the exact same process happens when the virus attacks and infiltrates a real, full-sized cell. Any virus that has a membrane—such as the flu, herpes, HIV, measles, and ebola ...

The virus touches down on the cell like a spider landing on a balloon 1,000 times its size. It has six thin legs splayed underneath a body that resembles a syringe with a bulbous head.

A research team with Professor Neha Kamat used synthetic liposomes and bacterial extracts to generate immune responses ...

A fluorescence microscopy image shows a two-cell cluster of human colon cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19. Infected cells produce filopodia protrusions, shown in white ...

Cells infected with the new coronavirus grow stringy, tentacle-like arms that allow the virus to invade other cells, according to a new study. The novel coronavirus, known as SARS-CoV-2, has now ...

Herpes simplex virus type 1—the major cause of oral herpes—enters the nerve cells by taking over cellular transport processes, according to a new paper in the journal Proceedings of the ...

Zika virus uses cells' 'self-care' system to turn against host. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 12, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 05 / 250527180932.htm. Ohio State University.

The vaccinia virus tricks scavenging immune system cells into devouring it, and can invade the body from there, said Ari Helenius, who led the study published in the journal Science.