Have you ever wondered whether the virus that gave you a nasty cold can catch one itself? It may comfort you to know that, yes, viruses can actually get sick. Even better, as karmic justice would have ...

University of Pittsburgh researchers have shown for the first time how Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV), which causes an aggressive skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma, initiates DNA replication in ...

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How do viruses do their job of infecting humans? Some of them are experts at evading the immune system so that it won't knock them out. Take hepatitis C, a sneaky and potentially deadly viral ...

The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the avian influenza virus's ...

A computer virus is a type of malware that can replicate itself on your computer and spread to other devices.