A new software algorithm developed at Caltech enables researchers to easily search for viruses in RNA sequence data, enabling ...

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

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

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In the year 2025, the H5N1 avian influenza virus emerging as a major global health risk. Once it was primarily affecting ...

Influenza A viruses (IAVs), particularly H5Nx strains, pose significant threats to both avian and mammalian species, with occasional spillovers resulting in human infections. A crucial barrier to ...

A teenage dancer was left paralysed and unable to communicate after what she thought was a common bug turned out to be a catastrophic brain bleed. The deadly problem often has no early warning ...

The virus often mutates by simply deleting small pieces of its genetic code. The mutations "disguise" the virus from antibodies.

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 ...

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 ...

Mpox is shifting from an animal-borne virus to one that spreads easily between people, raising global concerns. Mutations may be helping it adapt, making it harder to control. Credit: NIAID/NIH Mpox, ...

When the virus enters an individual’s body, it aims at creating copies of itself. When it makes an error in this copying process, we get a mutation. In this case ...