The phage wars: multiple viruses block each other from infecting cells
More of a bad thing is usually bad. But in the case of viruses, it may be good.
Tag: viruses
FLiRT and FLuQE, the new COVID variants making the rounds
The tug of war between SARS-CoV-2 and our immune systems continues.
Oldest known human viruses found in 50,000-year-old Neanderthal remains
Discovery of ancient viruses in Neanderthal remains may reshape our understanding of their extinction.
Superspreaders: Humans pass twice as many viruses to animals as we catch from them
The findings challenge our understanding of zoonotic diseases and highlight our integral role in the ecosystem's viral exchange.
How an organism that eats viruses may reshape our view of the food web
Virovory, the consumption of viruses for nutrients, could significantly impact the global carbon cycle and food web structures.
Shades of black and gray: viruses change wolves’ coat color
Disease is shaping how wolves look in North America.
Scientists discover more than 5,500 new virus species in the oceans
Thousands of viruses completely unknown to science.
Russian researchers want to study ancient viruses from the Siberian permafrost
A former Soviet bioware lab is investigating ancient permafrost viruses.
New sugar-based molecule rips drug-resistant viruses to death
It doesn't stop viruses; it destroys them.
Ancient viruses discovered in a 15,000-year-old glacier
Many unknown pathogens might lie inside the ice.
Meet the trillions of viruses that make up your virome
If you think you don’t have viruses, think again.
What Makes Bats The Perfect Hosts For So Many Viruses?
Bats can maintain just enough defenses against illness without triggering the immune systems from going into overdrive
Space might be teeming with viruses that we’re not looking for, but we should
When the very large can't be found, maybe it's time to look for the very small.
Blood DNA sequencing reveals there’s a lot more microbes living inside you — and we’ve never seen over 99% of them before
What we don't know can't hurt us, right? Right? Guys?..
Germ antibiotic resistance ‘as big a risk as terrorism’
With the continuous advancements in medicine, it's easy to forget that not only are we adapting to new species of ...
