Hendra virus is a highly lethal zoonotic pathogen primarily transmitted from flying foxes to horses and occasionally humans, ...

Buried in our DNA lies ancient viral code once dismissed as junk, and now it might be pulling the genetic strings. McGill ...

Researchers with Baylor College of Medicine and Texas A&M AgriLife Research collaborated with the U.S. Department of ...

New study reveals hidden viral DNA in primates plays key role in gene regulation and evolution through ancient regulatory ...

With global food systems threatened by crop uniformity and climate stress, scientists are turning to the rich genetic ...

Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) have emerged as essential tools for delivering genetic material into tissues and engineering therapeutic cells. As gene and cell therapies advance, researchers optimize ...

What scientists once dismissed as junk DNA may actually be some of the most powerful code in our genome. A new international ...

Scientists have corrected gene mutations in mice causing an ultra-rare disease by editing DNA directly in the brain with a ...

Wastewater surveillance became a popular choice among public health officials looking to track rapid virus mutations and ...

Scientists discovered that ancient viral DNA sequences called MER11, once dismissed as genetic junk, actually act as ...

A new international study suggests that ancient viral DNA embedded in our genome, which were long dismissed as genetic "junk" ...