Researchers from Stanford University have synthesised brand-new, self-replicating viruses using genomes designed by ...

The number of West Nile virus infections in Greece continues to rise, according to an announcement of the National Public Health Organization ...

One of the beneficial characteristics of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic were pledges from companies involved in developing vaccines (such ...

Discovered in 1955, the Oropouche virus has circulated mainly in the Amazon, causing a febrile illness virtually ...

The Virginia Department of Health announced they are investigating a confirmed case of dengue virus that occurred in a ...

As cases surged in 2024 in Brazil, reports also emerged of deaths and babies born with microcephaly and other congenital ...

"I see news reports about virus infections, but is that different from malware?" "I often hear about ransomware, but is it a type of virus?" "Spyware, Trojan horses, worms... there are too many, and I ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Persistent high-risk human papillomavirus HPV (HR-HPV) infection is the most significant risk factor for epithelial cell changes, the development of high-grade squamous cell ...

Viruses rely on the machinery of their host cells to produce proteins, but some giant viruses encode a key part of this toolkit in their genome, enabling them to direct the host cell to produce more ...

Cell lines are essential tools in virology for propagating viruses for characterization studies. However, reliance on a few historically popular lines—such as Vero, BHK-21, and MDCK—can introduce bias ...

Subviral particles are infectious agents that are even simpler and smaller than viruses. Among these, viroids and virusoids constitute two distinct classes of plant pathogens. Both are composed of a ...

Even viruses have to contend with parasites in the form of sponging relatives – and these cheats may be much more common and important than biologists thought. In flu infections, such viruses may ...