A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able ...

Japan must utilize lessons learned from challenges that emerged during its response to the coronavirus to enhance its ...

A recent study has revealed that a single genetic change in a strain of the highly pathogenic H5 influenza virus could ...

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The researchers found that a single mutation in the virus's spike protein was enough to prevent it from attaching to human and horse cells. The mutation, however, still allowed the virus to enter ...

Sugar coatings aren't only for candies; they also help viruses, like the ones that cause COVID-19, hide from their hosts' immune system.

Parcells identified mutations in this gene that correlated with the virulence level of the virus encoding it in work published in 2004. About the same time, it was discovered that the use of ...

Parcells identified mutations in this gene that correlated with the virulence level of the virus encoding it in work published in 2004. About the same time, it was discovered that the use of another ...

A team of researchers has identified a mutation in the KEAP1 gene in horses ... similar to a mechanism previously observed only in viruses. Horses thus rewrite genetic rules to optimize their ...