Influenza's molecular theft caught in action—how the virus steals the cap of host RNA in order to replicate

The cold season is in full swing, throats are scratchy and noses are running. We feel ill and hope it is not the flu. The influenza virus continues to pose a threat to our health. It triggers seasonal ...

The exact amount of time you need to sleep each night to avoid silent killer REVEALED

IT’S often hard to know exactly how much sleep you should be getting.  Experts claim most healthy adults need seven to nine hours per night – but this is hardly exact, and it also depends on ...
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Parasitic wasps use tamed virus to castrate caterpillars

A parasitic wasp castrates its moth-larvae hosts by injecting them with a ‘domesticated’ virus that causes cells in the larvae’s testes to die. Now, scientists know exactly how the virus does its ...