For the first time, scientists have been able to watch the flu virus live as it infects human airway cells. They developed a ...

Scientists have finally watched influenza viruses break into living human cells in real time, catching the microscopic invaders as they latch on, glide across the surface and slip inside. Instead of a ...

Once attached, the virus slides along the surface until the cell reshapes itself and swallows the virus inside. This process is called endocytosis. But watching how the flu virus sneaks into cells has ...

When a pathogen like a dangerous virus invades the human body, it usually has to enter human cells to cause an illness. Influenza has to latch onto a receptor on the surface of a human cell so it can ...