The plant-editing system uses mRNA to avoid the risk that foreign DNA could be left behind and create unwanted mutations.

However, the nation has now been embroiled in this "war" for over 50 years, and we are nowhere closer to victory, argues ...

International researchers warn that the ongoing mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to spread across borders more rapidly. The mpox virus has mutated, and the ...

The virus often mutates by simply deleting small pieces of its genetic code. The mutations "disguise" the virus from antibodies.

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Lassa virus (LASV) glycoprotein complex (GPC) contains retained stable-signal peptide (SSP), glycoprotein 1 (GP1), and glycoprotein 2 (GP2).

The flu virus is changing in ways never seen before, increasing infections and raising concerns about vaccine effectiveness and public health risks.

Influenza A Viruses Adapt Shape in Response to Environmental Pressures - NIH Study Identifies Previously Unknown Adaptation ...

Experts are concerned about the potential for undetected spread and mutation of the virus. While there is a test for H5N1, people without symptoms are unlikely to be tested. The CDC has reported ...

A virus originally found in animals, mpox -- which causes the disease of the same name -- is now circulating in humans. Since 2022, it has been the cause of major epidemics spreading outside endemic ...

After a different strain of bird flu was recently found in cattle for the first time, experts reveal what this means in our fight against the virus.

Is it common for the flu to zap us twice in the winter months? Massachusetts, and the U.S. for that matter, had a surge in ...

The recent silencing of communications from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by the Trump administration is worrisome.