Scientists at The Wistar Institute have discovered how a key protein from the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), EBNA-LP, ...

In a new genetic study, scientists have charted the rise of 214 human diseases across ancient Europe and Asia.

As summer kicks into full gear and people are spending more time outside, there's one thing on many people's minds—ticks.

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has recovered ancient DNA from 214 known human pathogens in prehistoric humans from ...

Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), it turns out, also redecorates, according to a new study in Nature Communications. Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have discovered ...

The virus that commonly causes cold sores starts reshaping our genome within an hour of infection to boost its own growth, which scientists could take advantage of to treat severe cases.

More information: Herpes simplex virus type 1 reshapes host chromatin architecture via transcription machinery hijacking, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60534-6 ...

Influenza A virus (IAV) possesses a segmented, negative-sense RNA genome comprising eight distinct viral RNA (vRNA) segments. These segments form ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes that are ...

Although there hasn’t been much progress since, this application of DNA computers as biological control systems is particularly exciting for future consideration. Imagine you are genetically prone to ...

As summer kicks into full gear and people are spending more time outside, there's one thing on many people's minds - ticks.