For decades, the dream of fixing harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA felt out of reach. Scientists have long known these ...

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By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

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

Deadly viruses throughout history From the Ebola to COVID-19, diseases caused by viruses have killed humans throughout history. Viruses are much older than human beings, possibly even older than ...

Pigs whose DNA makes them resistant to a virus could be the first big consumer product using gene editing.

Health Scientists Built a Tiny DNA ‘Hand’ That Grabs Viruses to Stop Infections The NanoGripper, made from a single piece of folded DNA, was shown to detect covid-19 and block infections.

Viruses have traditionally been named after the places or animals they have been first discovered in. Now scientists are trying to bring order to the chaos of virus naming.

The phylum Preplasmiviricota (kingdom Bamfordvirae, realm Varidnaviria) is a broad assemblage of diverse viruses with comparatively short double-stranded DNA genomes (<50 kbp) that produce icosahedral ...

After all, the power to print any DNA or RNA sequence you want could in theory be used to reintroduce a dangerous extinct virus like smallpox to the world (though luckily for us, pox viruses are ...

In their quest to detect early outbreaks, virus hunters are sampling environmental DNA in water, dirt, and air.