After scientists showed that AI can design a working virus, it's time to address the obvious: what if it's also used to make ...
Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells, or capsids, ...
Earth’s most diverse biological entities are the viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages (phages). They are rich ...
Tick-borne encephalitis virus can infect the nervous system and cause life-threatening illness. Finding the cellular gateway ...
Scientists have decoded the 3D structure of an ancient viral protein hidden in our DNA. The HERV-K Env protein, found on cancer and autoimmune cells, has a unique shape that could unlock new ...
geNomad's primary goal is to identify viruses and plasmids in sequencing data (isolates, metagenomes, and metatranscriptomes). It also provides a couple of additional features that can help you in ...
Earlier this month, the Trump administration said it was terminating $500 million in mRNA vaccine research and shifting its focus to other approaches, including a previously announced “whole-virus” ...
Scientists have successfully mimicked a rare genetic mutation, ISG15 deficiency, that provides near-total immunity to viruses. Using mRNA therapy, they activated antiviral proteins in animals, ...
Summary: Researchers have developed CAPPSID, a novel cancer therapy that teams bacteria and viruses to infiltrate and destroy tumors. The system hides an oncolytic virus inside Salmonella typhimurium, ...