Mutations can result in viruses that infect cells, but can't copy themselves without help from other viruses - now it seems ...
Outbreaks of dengue are killing thousands of people in South America each year and getting worse. Brazil hopes to turn the ...
Scientists used AI to write coherent viral genomes, using them to synthesize bacteriophages capable of killing resistant ...
Bats can carry some deadly human pathogens without signs of illness. A new survey shows that other viruses can still be bad for bats.
The work, described in a preprint paper, has the potential to create new treatments and accelerate research into artificially ...
AI designed new bacteriophages that killed E. coli in lab tests, promising advances but raising safety concerns.
In a breakthrough that pushes the boundaries of synthetic biology, researchers have for the first time used artificial ...
According to a recent international study, fragments of ancient viral DNA once considered "junk" may in fact play a role in ...