A family of proteins best known for their role in diminishing HIV infectivity may have the goods to outwit other emerging and re-emerging viruses, scientists have found. The key to their newly ...

The medical journal The Lancet calls it a “mysterious” and “emerging” threat. PAHO, the Pan American Health Organization, has issued an epidemiological alert urging for increased prevention, ...

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Lipid kinases are enzymes that play a critical role in both cell signaling and membrane trafficking by phosphorylating lipid molecules in the body. The inhibition of two of these lipid kinases, ...

The story of the rise and fall of western equine encephalitis as a lethal disease offers essential lessons about how a pathogen can gain or lose its ability to jump from animals to humans. That story ...

Wastewater surveillance became a popular choice among public health officials looking to track rapid virus mutations and spread patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. But what if there was a way to ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. A new antibody cocktail shows promise against the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, which ...

Scientists in China believe they've discovered a novel tickborne germ that can infect and sicken people, dubbed the Wetland virus. Reading time 3 minutes Ticks may cause even more harm to humans than ...

A virus plaguing shrimp and other seafood might also be responsible for an emerging eye disease in people that can cause permanent blindness, recent research suggests. Scientists in China have linked ...