The virus binds to that cell, slips inside and uses the cell's machinery to help make copies of itself. They break out, leaving the cell for dead, and penetrate other cells. Swipe to advance ...

Narrator: COVID-19 myths have spread just about as quickly as the disease itself, but one myth in particular just won't go away: that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, isn't naturally ...

the virus-first hypothesis states that viruses ... On the origin of genomes and cells within inorganic compartments. Trends in Genetics 21, 647–654 (2005). Nelson, M. I. & Holmes, E.

A government lab finds a novel virus present in cell lines used for therapeutic production that were thought to be virus-free. Kerry served as The Scientist’s news director until 2021. Before joining ...

Once the virus has entered a host cell, the virus penetrates deeper into the cell while still inside the endosome. How does the virus exit the endosome, and why? Researchers have learned that two ...