Rabies is notoriously difficult to treat once symptoms begin, and that challenge starts at the molecular level. Unlike many ...

Although outbreaks of Ebola virus are rare, the disease is severe and often fatal, with few treatment options. Rather than ...

Scientists report that a class of drugs, called RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, represent a major advancement in the treatment of chronic HBV infections, expanding treatment strategies.

Hepatitis B virus, a killer of more than one million people each year, is a notoriously wily virus, often lingering and ...

Hepatitis B virus, a killer of more than one million people each year, is a notoriously wily virus, often lingering and resurfacing even ...

In a recent paper published in Science Translational Medicine, scientists report that a class of drugs, called RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, represent a major advancement in the treatment of ...

A new study provides a detailed structure of a human enzyme critical for antiviral defense and platelet function.

The venture capital firm Flagship Pioneering has publicly launched the start-up Terrana Biosciences, which is using RNA to program plants to resist pests and disease. With a $50 million initial ...

A new kind of multi-component synthetic RNA-based sensor can detect minute traces of novel coronaviruses and Zika viruses on a filter paper by generating a colour signal 1. The sensor is portable ...

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 ...

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH’s Medical Collection to decode the genome of the virus responsible for the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic ...