A genome-wide evolutionary analysis of several viruses found no signs of pre-spillover adaptation. Instead, detectable ...

The virus can cause respiratory illness in people of all ages, especially young children, older adults and the ...

The research, published in Science Advances, brought together scientists from Otago and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. The team closely examined the molecular structure of Bas63, a ...

For much of modern biology, scientists argued that viruses are not alive, pointing to a basic limitation: they cannot make proteins on their own and must depend entirely on the cells they infect for ...

Scientists have recently conducted a meta-analysis of over 150 research studies, and determined that infections with viruses like influenza, hepatitis C, herpes zoster (shingles), and SARS-CoV-2 (the ...

The story of life’s beginnings gets stranger when you look closely at viruses. These tiny entities seem to sit at the edge of biology. They carry genetic material, but they cannot make proteins on ...

Giant viruses may try out all sorts of funky lewks. New images reveal the varied — and sometimes whimsical — shapes of hundreds of potential soil-dwelling giant viruses. One shape is dubbed “haircut” ...

Viruses constantly emerge and evolve, with some posing significant threats to human and animal health, while others remain confined to specific species. A recently identified example of the latter is ...

A previously unknown virus may be the key to assessing the risk of colorectal cancer and improving diagnosis.

University of Delaware undergraduate student Spencer Toth was always interested in the environment and biology, so when she arrived at UD and realized that she could combine both of her passions by ...

Influenza viruses are common, and the seasonal flu tends to infect many people every year. Influenza A viruses are the most common kind of human influenza virus, and they usually infect cells in the ...