SARS-CoV-2 secondary structure shapes mutation frequencies, constraining viral evolution models predicting fitness can benefit from integrating secondary structure data.

Two new studies show how a seeming tangle of DNA is actually organized into a structure that coordinates thousands of genes ...

A new combination of microscopy methods has revealed exquisite detail of the virus assembly process used by herpes simplex virus during replication.

Once inside human cells, HIV integrates the viral genome into that of the human host ... the pore in its width until its ring-shaped structure cracks, similar to a nail that breaks its surrounding ...

But James Watson and Francis Crick's claim was a valid one, for they had in fact discovered the structure of DNA, the chemical that encodes instructions for building and replicating almost all ...

Bits of viral genes incorporated into human DNA have been linked to cancer, ALS and schizophrenia. But many of these genes may not be harmful, and could even protect against infectious disease.