New insights into a "friendly virus" that could pave the way for cutting-edge treatments for the potentially fatal superbug C ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which ...

The viruses that pose the biggest risk to public health have been revealed. Among the viral pathogen families classed as high ...

UKHSA has revealed the most dangerous pathogens for Britain as one scientist warns a measles-like virus would ‘pose a threat ...

Ph.D., associate professor in the UAB Department of Microbiology, CHV is a negative-sense RNA virus that shares about 75 percent genetic similarity with Ninorex virus, previously found in Europe.

Among the viral families classed as high risk for both epidemics and pandemics are coronaviridae, which includes Covid-19, ...

A new study reveals plants, fungi, bacteria, protists, and even some viruses deploy venom-like mechanisms, similar to that of ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, "phages." ...