Viruses are the most numerous biological entities on the planet. Now researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have identified over 140,000 viral species...
An experimental vaccine developed in Europe to prevent infection by Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) has protected cynomolgus macaques in a new collaborative study from National Institutes of Health...
A World Health Organisation (WHO) expert has sought to calm fears following the disclosure that a new strain of the H1N1 swine flu virus, which has pandemic potential, was spreading fast among workers on Chinese pig...
A study, charting the enforced isolation of cruise ship passengers during the current pandemic, has found that the prevalence of ‘silent’ symptomless COVID-19 infection may be much higher than thought. The study...
In order to immunize the world population both an effective vaccine and an efficient production process are necessary Even though there still isn’t a vaccine against the coronavirus, it is already being discussed which...
Genetics research from Macquarie University could help pinpoint the ideal strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus for vaccine development As scientists race to develop a vaccine for the new virus known as SARS-CoV-2, new...
A virus-like particle vaccine was shown to be safe and well-tolerated among a healthy adult population living in chikungunya endemic areas, the researchers report in a new study published in the Journal of the American...
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine report in the journal Neuron evidence that refutes the link between increased levels of herpes virus and Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, the researchers provide a new...
Whether you know it or not, you’ve already gone viral — hundreds of thousands of times, in fact. Viruses are part of who we are in a very concrete way. Fully 8 percent of our genetic code comes not from human ancestors...
A variant of a common herpes virus may play a role in the development of multiple sclerosis, Swedish researchers say. They analyzed the blood of about 8,700 MS patients and a control group of more than 7,200 people...