A tiny, four-fingered "hand" folded from a single piece of DNA can pick up the virus that causes COVID-19 for highly sensitive rapid detection and can even block viral particles from entering cells to ...

University of Illinois researchers are working on developing a tiny “hand” made up of DNA that can rapidly detect viruses and ...

Once inside the body, HIV persists because of its remarkable ability to hide within healthy CD4 T cells, where it can lie ...

Human skin cells have been reprogrammed into heart valve cells and then used to successfully transplant a pig heart valve ...

Over the last few decades, wild boar populations have increased in the urban areas of Barcelona and in other parts of Catalonia.

Over the last few decades, wild boar populations have increased in the urban areas of Barcelona and in other parts of ...

A live virus vaccine contains a live, weakened (attenuated) virus that helps your body develop an immune response without you developing symptoms of the disease it is intended to prevent. Examples ...

Researchers have found that coronaviruses like SARS-CoV-2 contain genes that appear important for viral survival even though they don't produce a working protein. Their work investigating how these ...

Our cells need to be able to recognize potential invaders as a threat, the key function of the body's innate immune system.

The Steadfast diagnostic kit, developed by DxD Hub, NIES, and A*STAR BII, rapidly detects and distinguishes H5N1 AIV strains, ...

Two new high-profile studies add to the increasingly worrisome picture of how even mild cases of COVID-19 can have ...