A rare cell in the lining of lungs is fundamental to the organ-wide response necessary to repair damage from toxins like ...

An analysis of mpox virus genomes from individuals infected between 2018 and 2023 has provided insights into how the virus ...

Scientists have discovered 20 new bat viruses in China, including strains related to Nipah and Hendra, raising global health ...

Deadly viruses throughout history From the Ebola to COVID-19, diseases caused by viruses have killed humans throughout history. Viruses are much older than human beings, possibly even older than ...

Infections that could trigger severe brain inflammation and respiratory disease have been discovered in bats in China. And there is currently no medication or vaccine to treat them.

SCIENTISTS have raised “urgent concerns” over new viruses discovered in bats which have the potential to spill over into ...

Introduction There has been no systematic comparison of how the policy response to past infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics was funded. This study aims to collate and analyse funding for the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) Ebola situation report declares the Zaire Ebolavirus (hereafter referred to as EBOV) belonging to the Ebolavirus genera of the Filoviridae family as one of the most ...

Generally, cells were seeded at 6 × 10 5 cells per well of a 6-well plate or 2.5 × 10 6 cells per 10-cm culture dish and infected the next day at the indicated multiplicity of infection (MOI). Virus ...

Ebola is a highly pathogenic virus, ... Düx A, Riesle-Sbarbaro S, Lander A, et al. Tolerance and persistence of ebola virus in primary cells from mops condylurus, a potential ebola virus reservoir.

Syncytium, sometimes also called a “giant cell,” is a large, multi-nucleated cell that is born from cell-cell fusions (Zimmerberg et al., 1993). While syncytia naturally occur in some tissues, such as ...