The discovery of a giant virus called Ushikuvirus offers inklings into the origin and evolution of our complex cells and new ...

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses. Said ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — One of the first things the general of any army does before a battle is scout the terrain. Without seeing and understanding the battlefield, the issues of tactics, strategy and ...

Planthoppers and leafhoppers not only feed on rice plants but also act as highly efficient vectors for plant viruses, causing ...

Learn how a newly discovered virus disrupts its host’s nucleus in ways that echo how complex cells may have formed billions ...

Libusha Kelly receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. Viruses are a mysterious and poorly understood force in microbial ecosystems. Researchers know they can infect, kill and ...

Ancient DNA reveals that childhood viruses lived with humans for thousands of years, reshaping how we understand human and ...

The World Health Organization is cautioning that there are still a lot of unknowns about the coronavirus outbreak. What may be an attempt to tamp down speculation and conflicting headlines about ...

Researchers have discovered new RNA bacteriophages, viruses that attack bacteria, advancing understanding of virus evolution. A team of researchers from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and ...

The first discovery of viruses infecting a group of microbes that may include the ancestors of all complex life has been found, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin report in Nature ...

Over a year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s still unclear exactly how it began. Dr. Jesse Bloom, an evolutionary biologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, has become one of ...

PHOENIX – Just as he was going to sleep one night in 2012, Robert Mock noticed a strange lump at the back of his throat. After decades of experience in medical sales, he was concerned by the nodule, ...