Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is a double-stranded DNA virus classified into two clades: Clade I, which is endemic to Central African nations, and Clade II, which is endemic to Western African countries. The ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most genetic medicine uses viruses or double-stranded DNA to deliver genetic ...

In a recent research letter published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers use pathogen genomics of ancient DNA recovered from museum-preserved orangutan teeth to determine the ...