According to a recent international study, fragments of ancient viral DNA once considered "junk" may in fact play a role in ...

Harnessing the power of AI, a research team at the MRC-University of Glasgow Center for Virus Research has launched ...

The scientific community is abuzz with the recent revival of an ancient virus, unearthed from the Siberian ice. The ...

In fact, anti-vaccine leagues began as a reaction against government vaccine mandates, as well as a backlash against ...

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has recovered ancient DNA from 214 known human pathogens in prehistoric humans from ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. Pharmacies in the nation of Georgia have something ours don’t: vials of viruses in neat rows. People swallow or gargle the brews to combat routine bacterial ...

Left: A normal cell where the RNA molecule NORAD allows the STAT3 protein to enter the nucleus and prevent unnecessary immune system activation. Right: When the cell is attacked by a virus, NORAD is ...

In a recent review published in the journal Virology, researchers examined the increasing diversity of human viruses, their epidemiological significance, and preventive strategies to mitigate emerging ...

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

Tick-borne encephalitis virus can infect the nervous system and cause life-threatening illness. Finding the cellular gateway ...

Scientists digitally reconstructed a 1 million-year-old skull unearthed in China. The analysis suggests it may have belonged ...