A groundbreaking study by researchers from the Universities of Basel and Zurich has unlocked one of the most significant ...

A new study by researchers at Bar-Ilan University has uncovered that certain ocean viruses—specifically RNA viruses—may disrupt how carbon and nutrients are recycled in the ocean, potentially altering ...

Zika virus is just one of many RNA viruses—termed flaviviruses—that are spread by mosquitoes and ticks around the world. These viruses include West Nile virus, which is found in North Carolina.

That's one of the reasons that RNA viruses have been attractive candidates for gene therapy and vaccines: no risk of permanent integration. The cells that had this DNA insertion were so rare, however, ...

Viruses are entities that have to infect other cells in order to replicate. They may have genomes that are made of DNA or RNA. We are still discovering new types of RNA viruses, as shown in two new ...

Hepatitis D “virus” is a virus in name only. Underneath the hood, it more closely resembles viroids and virusoids: it is a small circular RNA that, due to high sequence complementarity, folds ...

Scientists in Switzerland have cracked open a century-old viral mystery by decoding the genome of the 1918 influenza virus ...

NOTE: (1) ChatGPT provides a nice explanation of how RNA strand damage contributes to mutation. I didn't dare put this in the article for fear of hate mail. Or worse. "The 2' hydroxyl group is ...

Individually tailored RNA or DNA-based molecules are able to reliably fight off viral infections in plants, according to a new study. The researchers were able to fend off a common virus using the ...