The presence of human waste in sewage overflow or stormwater runoff that ultimately finds its way into rivers and lakes is a ...
Researchers from South Korea developed a novel microbial source tracking method using CrAss-like phages, abundant viruses in ...
Ancient viruses embedded in human DNA millions of years ago may play a role in raising people’s risks of depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The viral genes have unusual activity ...
A team of researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has developed a tiny, four-fingered “hand” folded from ...
A 30-year-old man recently returning from West Africa was confirmed as a new case of mpox in Serbia on Friday. He is also the first confirmed mpox case in the Kosovo region, according to the regional ...
Single-cell analysis has helped researchers uncover how BKPyV replicates, opening the door to new drug targets.
The study is published in the journal PLOS Pathogens. With only seven genes, the BK polyomavirus must use the host cell’s DNA replication machinery to produce new viruses. Although the virus was ...