You, my friend, are what scientists call a "holobiont"- an organism made up of human cells and the multiplicity of ...

Researchers studying ancient Neanderthal DNA found traces of three viruses that cause colds, cold sores, genital warts, and cancer. And ancient humans might have been the ones who started ...

Perhaps, both groups postulate, the current nucleus in eukaryotic cells arose from an endosymbiotic-like event in which a complex, enveloped DNA virus became a permanent resident of an emerging ...

Circular single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses are a diverse group of viruses characterized by their unique circular genomes and ability to infect a wide range of hosts, including animals ...

A university professor and two students recreated a virus identical to the one that caused the devastating 1918 Spanish Flu ...

These DNA viruses in the family Adenoviridae are frequently accompanied by small, single-stranded DNA parvoviruses known as adeno-associated viruses, that don't seem to cause any specific disease.

Scientists demonstrate how T4 bacteriophages can calibrate super-resolution microscopes with nanometer accuracy, enabling ...

New Delhi, DNA from ancient viruses that form a part of the human genome may be contributing in the early development of an embryo in the womb, according to a study. Ancient viral DNA, also called ...

Prof. Burstein explains, "Plasmids are small, circular, double-stranded DNA molecules classified as 'mobile genetic elements.' Like viruses, plasmids move from one cell to another, but unlike ...