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

It had been thought that these fossil viruses had no important function, and were simply junk DNA. However, scientists have discovered where in our DNA these fossil viruses are located ...

Plant breeding plays a vital role in ensuring global food security by increasing crop yields, improving nutritional quality ...

Tune in and cheer for Jessica Zhong during the UC Grad SLAM Final, which will be livestreamed from the UC Student and Policy ...

A major new effort at Weill Cornell Medicine seeks to catalog the normal human virome, the immense ecosystem of viruses that lives in and on us.

DNA found in museum pieces could provide a unique opportunity to study the history and spread of infectious diseases, ...

Jyvaskylavirus is detailed in a study recently published in eLife, and named for Jyväskylä, the Finnish city where it was ...

1 To adapt this technology for diagnostics, the team developed a one-pot approach that starts with the enzyme ribonuclease H, guided by DNA oligos, to selectively cut short sections of RNA that ...

Persistent Epstein-Barr virus DNA or its resurgence during treatment was associated with worse survival in patients with ...

An INRS research team has identified a new family of enzymes that can make precise cuts in single-stranded DNA. A few years ago, the introduction of CRISPR technology marked a significant breakthrough ...