Preexisting immunity to the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus provided near-complete protection against severe H5N1 disease and ...

A new study has revealed that "junk DNA" descended from ancient viruses could play a key role in controlling genes.

Avian influenza virus from the ongoing outbreak in dairy cattle appears to be keeping its bird-infecting features rather than ...

Scientists from the Smithsonian have successfully used swift fox droppings to identify individual animals and collect other ...

Of the 26 scat samples that yielded DNA, the method was able to correctly identify individual foxes with an accuracy of 94.5–99.5% when comparing multiple samples from the same animal. The technique ...

For the second time, Pepper, a Florida cat, has helped identify a little-known virus, this time by bringing a dead shrew to ...

School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom ...

Understanding the complex interplay between viruses and their hosts is crucial for dissecting the mechanisms that underlie viral infectious diseases. With ...

The viruses that kill bacteria may be our best bet against antibiotic resistance — if we can understand how they win.