How Zika virus knocks out our immune defenses
Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in infecting ...
Herpes’ connection to cancer: What doctors are learning from the virus
One scientist has spent 30 years studying a virus so ubiquitous that it’s estimated to affect 80% of the global population.
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What the World’s First Case of Bird Flu in Sheep Means for the Virus’s Spread
The detection of bird flu in a sheep is another sign that the H5N1 virus is adapting to hop to new hosts ...
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What the COVID-19 pandemic tells us about how viruses evolve
Early in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists predicted the SARS-CoV-2 virus would mutate slowly. They were ...
‘This is the Chernobyl of Biology’ Sun documentary exposes Wuhan ‘lab leak’ behind ...
FEW of us had heard of the Chinese city of Wuhan when the world was first paralysed by Covid-19 five years ago. Today, the sprawling metropolis is synonymous with the ­pandemic that claimed ...
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Four Ways the COVID-Causing Virus Changed Science
Kei Sato was looking for his next big challenge five years ago when it smacked him — and the world — in the face. The ...
Protecting crops: RNA-based substances open up new avenue to combat a widespread plant virus
New RNA-based active agents reliably protect plants against the Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), the most common virus in ...