Many viruses, particularly RNA viruses, mutate at a very high rate per genome per replication. One possible explanation is that high mutation rates are selected to meet the challenge of fluctuating ...

Scientists have developed an innovative antibody platform aimed at tackling one of the greatest challenges in treating rapidly evolving viruses like SARS-CoV-2: their ability to mutate and evade ...

BENGALURU: With the rise in viral infection cases, the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) is conducting weekly ...

The SIRSVIDE model developed by Professor Jian Lu's research group provides a comprehensive framework for studying viral epidemiology and evolutionary dynamics. The simulation results reveal that ...

Scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered how a viral infection causes autoimmune disease, ...

Early in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists predicted the coronavirus would mutate slowly. They were wrong. Hundreds of thousands of viral mutations and multiple seasonal waves later, ...

The patient in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe bird flu illness was found to have a mutated version of the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced last ...

After COVID-19 NPIs lifted, respiratory infections reverted toward pre pandemic seasonality, with winter peaks for RSV and ...

Researchers report that phage resistance in ocean bacteria can alter growth, metabolism and sinking behavior, revealing a previously underappreciated link between viral pressure and marine carbon ...