Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HERVs, or human endogenous retroviruses, make up around 8% of the human genome, left behind as a result of infections that ...

It also highlights how ancient DNA can illuminate the deep history of infectious diseases, showing how short-lived childhood infections can eventually become part of the human genome. Although HHV-6A ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

Modern laboratory techniques for the detection of novel human viruses are greatly needed as physicians and epidemiologists increasingly deal with infectious diseases caused by new or previously ...

Since the infection was first detected in humans in 1998, there have been sporadic new outbreaks across the so-called Nipah Belt.

Canine coronavirus and influenza D are two zoonotic viruses that researchers say have “considerable potential” for causing future epidemics in people. In an article published recently in Emerging ...

Left: A normal cell where the RNA molecule NORAD allows the STAT3 protein to enter the nucleus and prevent unnecessary immune system activation. Right: When the cell is attacked by a virus, NORAD is ...

Harnessing the power of AI, a research team at the MRC-University of Glasgow Center for Virus Research has launched Viro3D—the most comprehensive database of human and animal virus protein structure ...