With a $50 million initial investment from Flagship, Terrana will use RNA from benign plant viruses as a chassis to carry ...

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

The innate immune system is the body's first line of defense against pathogens and foreign substances. An essential component ...

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

With Terrana Biosciences, Moderna founder Flagship can apply its RNA knowledge to agricultural use cases like pest and ...

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

A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a village called Vega de Oropouche in Trinidad. Since most people who were ...

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

Researchers discovered that HSV-1 (herpes simplex virus) actively reshapes the 3D layout of human DNA within hours of ...

New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.