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Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

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The viruses that pose the biggest risk to public health have been revealed. Among the viral pathogen families classed as high ...

In a new study, results suggest that in a preclinical model, two FDA-approved flu antivirals did not successfully treat ...

A female patient at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) was successfully treated with viruses, one of which was taken from the ...

Ph.D., St. Jude Department of Host-Microbe Interactions. The researchers studied exposure routes that included the eye, mouth ...

Zika virus uses stealth. Zika virus slips into dendritic cells and blocks the dendritic cells from alerting nearby T cells to danger. It's the classic horror movie cliche -- the creeper is already in ...

By testing water samples collected from red tide blooms off southwest Florida, the researchers found several viruses, ...