A new study published in Nature Microbiology has uncovered significant genetic and antigenic diversity among H9N2 avian influenza viruses (AIVs) circulating in poultry across China, highlighting ...

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They also have similar receptors in the respiratory tract that influenza viruses bind to. All of the infected ferrets survived the 21-day study, researchers said, recovering from moderate disease.

Toll-like receptors are the most extensively studied family of PRR. They are transmembrane proteins expressed by multiple cell types and are located on either the cell surface (TLR1, 2, 4 and 5 ...

BIRD flu has been detected in an English farm, it’s been announced. A case of the H5N1 bird flu was found in poultry in West Yorkshire. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ...

Scientists have detected 20 new viruses within bats in China – a discovery medical experts warn could have “critical ...

Experts are warning of a dangerous new Covid variant spreading in over a dozen states that can cause a throat so sore it ...

Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have identified 4,208 previously unannotated open reading frames (ORFs) across 679 human-associated viral genomes using a high-throughput method ...

The team used a similar approach to model the dynamic transformations that the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein undergoes after binding its receptor and ... a number of other virus families utilizing membrane ...

So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting ...