Researchers review the ever-growing list of human viruses, examining their diversity, transmission pathways, and the urgent ...

Humans have an exceptional ability to deal with viruses. In most cases, your immune system is able to fight an infection. On ...

An arbovirus can change how infected mosquitoes ... One technique is creating new mutations on its surface and shape-shifting to avoid immune detection. Another strategy is to hijack human cells ...

While the virus is generally found in wild birds and poses risk only to poultry, its spread to a new range of mammals may pave the way for new mutations that could increase its lethality. In 2024, the ...

While some mutations in the BRCA2 gene clearly indicate risks for breast and prostate cancer, thousands of less-common variations have confounded doctors and left anxious patients without guidance ...

In a family of 15 people in northern Italy, six developed late-onset Alzheimer’s disease – and when researchers ran genetic tests, all six had a rare mutation in a protein-coding gene known as ...

The virus, which has primarily affected poultry populations worldwide, is now spreading rapidly among humans and has been showing signs of concerning mutations. A recent CDC report revealed that ...