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

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

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

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 ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Using a technique called “DNA origami,” researchers created traps that encase large viruses—such as SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, and Zika—in hopes of ...

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.

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 ...