Starting with tiny molecular building blocks, researchers in Rockville have made a functioning virus in record time and with unprecedented precision, a significant step toward the goal of being able ...

Since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in 2019, the virus has accrued a variety of mutations to infect its human hosts more effectively. Certain antiviral treatments work by increasing the rate of these ...

Scientists have made the first step towards creating new species in the lab. Researchers have used artificial intelligence to create a new virus to attack a colony of the deadly E.coli bacteria. The ...

The researchers took a “safety-first” approach. They deliberately excluded all viruses that infect humans or animals from the ...

AUTOWORKERS. FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH. TONIGHT, THERE’S A NEW STUDY THAT SUGGESTS A POPULAR PILL THAT’S USED TO TREAT COVID COULD CREATE MUTATIONS THAT WILL THEN SPREAD IT TO OTHER PEOPLE. HERE TO TALK ...

The young scientist, normally calm and measured, seemed on edge when he stopped by his boss's office. "You are not going to believe this one," he told Ron Fouchier, a virologist at the Erasmus Medical ...

Flu vaccines can be something of a shot in the dark. Not only must they be given yearly, there's no guarantee the strains against which they protect will be the ones circulating once the season ...