These changes in its genome favor the virus's ability to spread and adapt to mammals, such as cows. In March 2024, an ...

Scripps professor Sumit Chanda says improving coronavirus care is especially important to get ahead of any future mutations ...

Scripps professor Sumit Chanda says improving coronavirus care is especially important to get ahead of any future mutations or pandemics ...

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from the Pasteur Institute and the University of Lorraine, France, have uncovered ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus can infect the nervous system and cause life-threatening illness. Finding the cellular gateway ...

Stanford and Arc Institute used AI to design viruses that kill bacteria, sparking hope for new therapies and warnings over biosecurity risks.

After probing the AI model, the team came up with 302 virus designs. The best way to test them, the researchers figured, was ...

A groundbreaking discovery reveals how HIV integrates its genetic material into human DNA, exposing a key viral vulnerability ...

Mutations can result in viruses that infect cells, but can't copy themselves without help from other viruses - now it seems ...

Researchers unveil append editing, a method that attaches chemical tags to DNA, expanding possibilities in medicine, agriculture, and biotechnology.

According to a recent international study, fragments of ancient viral DNA once considered "junk" may in fact play a role in ...

A research team led by scientists from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) has introduced a new ...