Pepper, the pet cat who made headlines last year for his role in the discovery of the first jeilongvirus found in the U.S., ...

Pepper the cat, whose owner works at the University of Florida, gathered a specimen containing a never-before-seen virus for ...

When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

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

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

Potato virus Y (PVY) is a plant virus that is known to be responsible for substantial economic losses in agriculture. Within the PVY genome, viral genome-linked protein (VPg) plays a pivotal role in ...

A strategy that analyzes the structural properties of RNA could help identify regions that are promising targets for antiviral drugs.

Within eight hours, the host genome had shrunk to just 30% of its original volume. This was a direct result of the virus pulling essential proteins away from human DNA and redirecting them to its own.

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major global health concern, necessitating the development of sensitive and reliable diagnostic methods. In this study, we propose a novel approach to ...

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 ...

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 ...