A detailed genomic investigation of a Denver Zoo outbreak shows how SARS-CoV-2 can rapidly diversify and adapt after crossing species, offering a rare real-world view of viral evolution beyond humans.

The core breakthroughs of the new generation of RNA virus detection technologies focus primarily on two key objectives: first, enhancing biosensor mutation tolerance-specifically, developing sensors ...

Viral membrane proteins are the proteins of choice in vaccines but are difficult to produce quickly and reliably for use in vaccines, limiting rapid response during emerging outbreaks. Researchers ...

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

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 ...

As H5N1 bird flu continues to evolve and cross species, researchers reveal how the latest vaccine technologies, nanomedicine, and AI could shape the future of pandemic defense. Influenza A virus ...

In the early, uncertain days of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists delivered one comforting pronouncement: The virus that caused COVID mutates rather slowly. If that remained true, the virus would ...

A new study in South Africa shows that before antiretroviral therapy (ART) became widely available, HIV was driving rapid genetic changes in human immunity genes. By sharply reducing deaths and mother ...