Mammalian cells are tricky evolution hosts. They grow slowly, contain large genomes, and regulate protein behavior through ...

A new approach to analysis traced the viral DNA across evolution to identify its positions in our genome and understand its ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

Scientists have decoded the Swiss genome of the 1918 flu virus from a century-old specimen, revealing early adaptations for human infection. Scientists from the Universities of Basel and Zurich have s ...

Compared with BA.2, the new variant has 33 amino acid changes to its spike, according to Dr. Jesse Bloom, who studies viral evolution at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle.

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally caused isolated human cases that have quite often been fatal. The absolute ...

Modeling viral evolution: A novel SIRSVIDE framework with application to SARS-CoV-2 dynamics Peer-Reviewed Publication Tsinghua University Press ...

Virus evolution is a game of chance, and less about grand design. In some cases, viruses evolve to become more virulent.

Researchers have shed new light on how viral evolution, population immunity, and the co-circulation of other flu viruses shape seasonal flu epidemics. The research, published today as a Reviewed ...

Mutation accessibility fuels influenza evolution Date: July 28, 2023 Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Summary: Scientists showed that fixed mutations within a viral population most ...

One evolutionary trade-off that viruses must consider is the concept of viral load. An illustration of coronavirus. The virus may have developed in response to human behavior. Kyoko Kojima ...

Perspectives > Second Opinions What's Driving Avian Influenza Virus Evolution? Human Food Systems — What we do next really matters by Robyn Alders, PhD, and Dirk Pfeiffer, Dr.med.vet, PhD June ...