An infection with Epstein-Barr virus is a nonevent for most people. But for a subset, the virus can contribute to chronic ...

HIEs were used to identify why the growth of norovirus in culture stops and to determine methods to maintain growth.

Muscles make up nearly 40% of the human body and power every move we make, from a child's first steps to recovery after injury. For some, however, muscle development goes awry, leading to weakness, ...

Rutgers Develops New Tool for Examining Cancer Genomic Data that Could Improve Treatment When scientists sequence tumor DNA, ...

Researchers have uncovered a microscopic weapon that can literally tear viruses apart from the inside, a single protein that turns a cell’s own DNA into a tripwire. Instead of blocking infection at ...

By simplifying the engineering process and expanding what can be built, the Golden Gate method greatly broadens the possibilities for scientists working to develop bacteriophages as tools to combat ...

Some 17 months ago, scientists detected an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in dairy cattle in Nebraska in ...

Between late 2022 and early 2023, five patients arrived at hospitals in Bangladesh with symptoms that screamed “Nipah virus.” They were feverish, struggling to breathe, and slipping into dangerous ...

Lurking among them is a “giant” virus, a genetic behemoth that blurs the line between the living and the inanimate. When this ...

Bats, critical reservoirs of viruses with significant cross-species spillover risks, have long been understudied in the ...

An Anglo-American team of researchers has devised a new computational method for quantifying Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) ...

Influenza presents a global health challenge due to its rapidly changing RNA genome. These mutations can result in serious ...