Do viruses conform to these criteria? Yes and no. We probably all realize that viruses reproduce in some way. We can become infected with a small number of virus particles — by inhaling ...

But viruses certainly reproduce, infecting people and causing illnesses. It’s how they reproduce that’s unusual. Viruses lack essential machinery needed to reproduce by themselves. In fact ...

The Nature of Viruses Viruses are microscopic entities that require a host's cellular machinery to replicate. Unlike bacteria ...

Bacteria are single-celled living organisms capable of thriving independently, whereas viruses are non-living particles that must invade host cells to reproduce. These differences influence how ...

13 in mBio shows that the Zika virus hijacks a host protein called ANKLE2, which happens to be important for brain development, to assist its own reproduction. Because Zika, unlike most related ...