viruses

New viruses discovered in bats in China could be the next pandemic threat

Researchers have discovered two new viruses in bats that are closely related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses --…

9 months ago

Potential new pathway to fight viruses

Five years removed from the COVID-19 outbreak, scientists around the world are still studying its effects and, more importantly, ways…

1 year ago

Nanorobot hand made of DNA grabs viruses for diagnostics and blocks cell entry

A tiny, four-fingered "hand" folded from a single piece of DNA can pick up the virus that causes COVID-19 for…

1 year ago

The cellular superhero that protects us against RNA viruses

Every second of every day, our body is under attack. The invading agents are viruses, bacteria, parasites, toxins -- living…

1 year ago

Giant viruses found on Greenland ice sheet

Every spring when the sun rises in the Arctic after months of darkness, life returns. The polar bears pop up…

2 years ago

Repeat COVID-19 vaccinations elicit antibodies that neutralize variants, other viruses

The COVID-19 pandemic is over, but the virus that caused it is still here, sending thousands of people to the…

2 years ago

Giant viruses infect deadly parasite

The single-celled organism Naegleria fowleri ranks among the deadliest human parasites. Researchers around Matthias Horn and Patrick Arthofer from the…

2 years ago

Real-time detection of infectious disease viruses by searching for molecular fingerprinting

A research team consisting of Professor Kyoung-Duck Park and Taeyoung Moon and Huitae Joo, PhD candidates, from the Department of…

2 years ago

Decreasing biodiversity may promote spread of viruses

How are environmental changes, loss of biodiversity, and the spread of pathogens connected? The answer is a puzzle. Researchers from…

2 years ago