Bits of viral genes incorporated into human DNA have been linked to cancer, ALS and schizophrenia. But many of these genes may not be harmful, and could even protect against infectious disease.

In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish ...

Protein complex in bacterial cell membrane acts like a rotary motor to recruit DNA-degrading enzymes to defend against phage ...

The genome sequence from 3′ to 5′ successively encodes the ... In this process, TLR4 may act as a sensor for RSV recognition to trigger inflammasome activation during virus invasion. Further study ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years ...

A human protein that holds bird flu viruses at bay The study also highlights intriguing species-specific and virus-specific differences in bats’ antiviral defences that cannot be explained by ...

COVID can still spread rapidly, especially through close person-to-person contact. You can get the virus and spread it even if you've been vaccinated or had the virus before. How long are you ...

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'Sinners,' which also stars Hailee Steinfeld, Delroy Lindo and Jack O'Connell, is in theaters April 18 Director Ryan Coogler is bringing twice as much Michael B. Jordan star power to their intense ...

South Africans – particularly Gauteng residents – have been complaining about a “fly invasion” in recent weeks. But is there any truth to the pest plague? On social media, South Africans ...

“That is the exact argument trans-identifying males use to invade female spaces,” Walsh raged. “Nancy Mace was literally a beneficiary of a DEI program. It’s a ridiculous and tone deaf ...

A new school textbook in Russia is teaching children that Moscow was “forced” to invade Ukraine as it likens the conflict to the Soviet Union’s battle against Nazi Germany in World War II.