SARS-CoV-2 has an enzyme that can counteract a cell's innate defense mechanism against viruses, explaining why it is more ...

The field of virology focuses on viruses' biology and evolution, providing essential knowledge for disease prevention and the ...

For Caetano-Anolles, co-evolution from a single common ancestor seems to be the most likely origin of viruses and bacteria.

Hartmann recommends soaking shower heads in vinegar or basic soap and water instead of bleach to clean them and remove ...

Anchor] Korean researchers have developed a technology that can reduce the existing gene amplification PCR diagnosis, which ...

近日，华中农业大学农业微生物资源发掘与利用全国重点实验室、动物育种与健康养殖前沿科学中心、湖北洪山实验室、动物医学院周红波教授研究团队在《Advanced Science》期刊在线发表了题为“The Hemagglutinin of ...

Scientists identified more than 600 viruses in samples taken from bathrooms in the United States. The viruses infect bacteria ...

Many are bizarre and live in salt lakes, hydrothermal vents and other extreme environments.

The warm, damp environments of your showerhead and toothbrush are the perfect breeding ground for microbes, and a new study ...

Four egg farm workers in Washington state have tested "presumptively positive" for bird flu.

Researchers who work with bacteriophages -- viruses that eat bacteria -- had a pleasant and potentially very important surprise after treating samples to view under an electron microscope: they had ...

From masses of data previously uploaded to databases, scientists have identified nearly 162,000 new species of RNA virus.