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Studies show how spike protein changes determine the risk of viral outbreaks, offering important insights for the future ...

Easy replication in cattle mammary glands means H5N1 bird flu is under no evolutionary pressure to adapt to spread easily in humans.

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Globally, people get animal protein mostly from chickens, with pigs and cattle in second and third place. A 2023 report ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising trick used by the herpes simplex virus to wake up inside the body. Researchers at the ...

Scientists have discovered that a rare immune cell type in the lungs, called NAMs, plays a crucial role in surviving COVID-19 ...

Viruses are the agents of many diseases ... Lentiviruses have also seen clinical success in generating CAR T cells and cancer vaccines. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies involve the ...

A rare cell type in the lungs is essential to survival from the COVID-19 virus, a new study shows.