Covid has killed an estimated 20 million people globally, according to the World Health Organization, and thousands are still ...

Researchers discovered that when Covid-19 infects a human cell, it sets off a ghoulish transformation. The cell doesn’t die right away. Obeying instructions from the virus, the newly infected ...

This research is critical as it aims to uncover how these variants manipulate host cell processes ... is pivotal in the ongoing battle against COVID-19 and in preparing for future viral threats.

Viruses work by getting inside the cells your body is made of and then hijacking them. The coronavirus, officially called Sars-CoV-2, can invade your body when you breathe it in (after someone ...

They have looked at immune cells in the blood of 60 Covid-19 patients and found an apparent crash in the numbers of T-cells. Prof Adrian Hayday from the Crick Institute said it was a "great ...

White blood cells called monocytes released into the blood from bone marrow have abnormal features in people who have COVID-19, according to a new study by University of Manchester immunologists at ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the bird flu germ that infected a resident of Louisiana had gone ...

mRNA vaccines teach our cells to make a protein that ... which put a weakened or inactivated germ into our bodies. Storage: Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccines need to be kept at minus 70 degrees ...

Diseases such as covid-19 and influenza can be fatal due to an overreaction of the body’s immune system called a cytokine storm. Cytokines are small proteins released by many different cells in ...