SA2, encodes one of the proteins needed to make ribosomes, the central engines in all cells that translate genetic information into proteins, the building blocks of life. This is the first eukaryotic ...

In a new study, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers reveal a bacterial immune system that thwarts the phages’ plot by attaching a small protein molecule to their tails. The components of this ...

When, where and how the H5N1 bird flu virus may evolve and its capacity to spark a pandemic is hard to predict — in part, ...

Oropouche virus has posed little threat outside South America in the past, but land-use change, the climate crisis, and ...

Human norovirus, the leading cause of viral gastroenteritis accounting for an estimated 685 million cases and approximately ...

A new role has been uncovered for a cell's own RNA in fending off attacks by RNA viruses. Some of the cell's RNA molecules, researchers found, help regulate antiviral signaling. These signals are part ...

A live-attenuated vaccine currently in development has demonstrated safety and 100% efficacy against the Lassa virus in ...

A new study suggests that a gut-infecting virus may play a key role in the development of Alzheimer's disease by traveling to ...

Human norovirus, a positive-strand RNA virus that is the leading cause of viral gastroenteritis accounting for an estimated 685 million cases and ...

But while the current risk from our fuzzy feline friends is considered very low, public health officials nonetheless have ...

Nearly 70 government officials, farmers and farmworkers, and researchers with expertise in virology, pandemics and more weigh ...

It's not COVID or the flu. If you've been sick for a few weeks and have tested negative for everything, here's what's going ...