According to a recent international study, fragments of ancient viral DNA once considered "junk" may in fact play a role in ...

The work, described in a preprint paper, has the potential to create new treatments and accelerate research into artificially ...

Scientists used AI to design viruses for the first time, creating bacteriophages capable of hunting down and killing harmful ...

DNA that humans acquired from ancient viruses plays a key role in switching parts of our genetic code on and off, a new study has found. Nearly half of the human genome consists of segments called ...

AI designed new bacteriophages that killed E. coli in lab tests, promising advances but raising safety concerns.

Scientists used AI to write coherent viral genomes, using them to synthesize bacteriophages capable of killing resistant ...

AI Creates Viruses for the First Time Researchers at Stanford University in the U.S. successfully designed the first virus ...

A research team led by scientists from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) has introduced a new ...

Scientists from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research and collaborating institutions have developed a ...

Circular single-stranded DNA viruses represent a diverse group of pathogens that possess a covalently closed, circular single-stranded DNA genome. Their small genomes belie a sophisticated replication ...

Artificial intelligence, known for drawing cat pictures and writing emails, has now achieved a major scientific milestone by ...

In late June, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed the first case of West Nile Virus of 2025. Meet the team that ...