Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How the dengue virus replicates in infected cells

The nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) of the dengue virus interacts with another viral protein called NS4A-2K-4B to enable viral replication, according to a study published May 9 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Ralf ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Explainer: What is a virus?

It may seem like a fairly fundamental question, but there is still debate over whether viruses should be considered a form of life.