The viruses in question are bacteriophages, which only infect bacteria – they can’t infect humans, or any other animals for ...

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

Remnants of ancient viral pandemics in the form of viral DNA sequences embedded in our genomes are still active in healthy people, according to new research my colleagues and I recently published.

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

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

The viruses had their DNA written by an AI model and are already wreaking havoc on bacteria in the real world.

Bacteriophages designed with AI kill E. coli faster than a well-studied strain, but the tech needs regulation before moving beyond lab dishes.

Human DNA in its natural state inside cells (left) compared to eight hours after being infected with HSV-1 (right). The virus compacts the human genome’s size significantly and moves it towards the ...

A group of Stanford bioengineers claim that they've created synthetic bacteriophages using AI-generated designs that not only ...

Stanford and Arc Institute scientists used an AI genomic model to design the first functioning virus genome from scratch.

HPV, a very common virus, is found to hijack the body's cells to directly drive skin cancer growth, even after surgeries and ...