Scientists are now looking to bacteriophage — viruses that infect bacteria — and their potential to treat drug-resistant ...

An AI model trained on large amounts of genetic data can predict whether bacteria will become antibiotic-resistant. The new ...

Researchers have revealed that the presence of Nora virus in fruit flies can increase their sensitivity to bacterial ...

Schrödinger later revised his view – around the 1950s – suggesting that life depends on free energy. Free energy is the ...

Christopher Lee, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, explains why early detection and enhanced biosecurity are essential for mitigating the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza ...

As avian influenza is found in a sheep in Yorkshire, the close contact humans have with domesticated animals is an extra ...

H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.

Additionally, the sudden reduction in population size could lead to a shift in allele frequencies due to genetic drift, amplifying genetic variability in ways not typically observed in stable ...

Strengths: (1) A sensible rationale was given for the choice of sera, in terms of the genetic diversity ... where the typical approach would be to infect the ferret with live virus intra-nasally. (2) ...

By Victor Mather A prince of Luxembourg has died at 22 of a genetic disease for which he spent his brief life raising awareness. Prince Frederik, the second cousin of the heir to the Luxembourg ...