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

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

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode ...

A new annotation approach based on cross-species conservation reveals regulatory roles of transposons in human development.

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode ...

A new study by researchers at Bar-Ilan University has uncovered that certain ocean viruses—specifically RNA viruses—may ...

AAP FactCheck emailed Professor Dalgleish to ask for his evidence, but did not receive a response. SV40 is an abbreviation ...

Discover how Genome Valley is emerging as an essential partner in global biopharma and how it is now venturing into cell and ...

This is the first time we’ve had access to an influenza genome from the 1918–1920 pandemic in Switzerland. It opens up new ...

Since the start of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, several variants of the virus have developed into Variants of Concern (VOCs), as ...

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...