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

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

Scientists documented a rare case of COVID-19 persisting for over 750 days in a man with advanced HIV. The virus, confined ...

Researchers discovered Human Pegivirus in brain tissue from five of ten Parkinson's patients, suggesting the virus may play a ...

Persistent Covid-19 lasting in a patient for more than two years has led to the novel coronavirus developing dozens of new ...

The influenza virus frequently changes its surface proteins, making lifelong immunity impossible. Annual flu shots remain essential to protect against evolving strains and reduce illness severity.

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

Positive tests have increased from 7.6% to 8.4% in a week. Whilst hospitalisations have also increased from 2.00 per 100,000 ...

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

Scientists have for the first time used artificial intelligence to design viruses capable of killing harmful bacteria. In a ...

Researchers at Stanford and the Arc Institute have successfully created the world's first functioning viral genome using artificial intelligence.

It's a contributor to multiple cancers. Infectious disease doctors have made a new discovery that could impact treatment ...