Viruses are entities that have to infect other cells in order to replicate. They may have genomes that are made of DNA or RNA. We are still discovering new types of RNA viruses, as shown in two new ...

Plant RNA viruses pose a significant threat to global agriculture, affecting a vast array of crop species and leading to ...

New research has discovered that the Herpes virus actually takes control of key RNA functionality and changes human DNA in ...

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like this one ...

Zika virus is just one of many RNA viruses—termed flaviviruses—that are spread by mosquitoes and ticks around the world. These viruses include West Nile virus, which is found in North Carolina.

A groundbreaking Tel Aviv University study has discovered about 100,000 new types of previously unknown viruses - a ninefold increase in the number of RNA viruses known to science until now.

It all started in the lab. Two Boston University doctoral students, Joshua McGee and Jack Kirsch, were creating and testing different types of RNA—strands of ribonucleic acid, built from chains ...

A new study uncovers how a protein, APOBEC3B, could protects cells against many different types of RNA viruses like respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), SARS-CoV2, influenza virus, poliovirus and ...

A new type of RNA degrading-small molecule with broad potential applications has shown some success against the virus that causes COVID-19.

The findings overturn the long-held idea that most types of RNA viruses are incapable of DNA integration and raise another safety concern in the use of RNA-based gene therapy. "It's a very interesting ...

A new University of California, Irvine-led study uncovers how a protein called APOBEC3B could protect cells against many different types of RNA viruses like respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), SARS ...