The gut microbiome, a collection of archaea, bacteria, fungi, and viruses that live in the human gastrointestinal tract, is known to have a powerful influence on our health and well-being that starts ...

A new method vastly improves on the existing approach for single-cell genetic sequencing, enabling scientists to read the ...

Researchers at the University of Kansas have discovered a human gene, the protein PARP14, plays a role in regulating ...

University of Delaware undergraduate student Spencer Toth was always interested in the environment and biology, so when she arrived at UD and realized that she could combine both of her passions by ...

Antibiotics are used to fight bacterial infections, and unless there is a risk that a viral infection will lead to more problems, antibiotics are not often recommended for other illnesses. However, a ...

Washington University researchers discovered how yellow fever and tick-borne encephalitis viruses enter human cells and ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and "protein language" models can speed the design of monoclonal antibodies that prevent or ...

A new study has uncovered significant genetic and antigenic diversity among H9N2 avian influenza viruses circulating in ...

The mosquito-borne Zika virus hijacks a host protein called ANKLE2 to support its own reproduction. ANKLE2 is involved in brain development in the fetus and because Zika can cross the placenta and ...

Sometimes even bats need a sick day. Bats are renowned for the ability to be infected with viruses that can be deadly to people without showing signs of the diseases themselves. Ebola virus, Nipah ...

The bird flu virus infecting farm flocks across the UK could be the most infectious yet, the government's former top expert ...