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Virology
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This doctor raised the alarm about a deadly mpox outbreak that went global
Early this year, cases of mpox erupted across Central Africa, killing hundreds. Seeing the events unfold so soon…
Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID
Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli has presented evidence that her lab has not worked with close relatives of SARS-CoV-2.Credit:…
Sick animals suggest COVID pandemic started in Wuhan market
Raccoon dogs are among the animals susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 that were present at the Chinese market where the…
Unexpected RNA modification protects bacteria against viral infection
Nature, Published online: 04 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03923-z Adding to the ever-growing list of newly discovered bacterial immune systems,…
AI could pose pandemic-scale biosecurity risks. Here’s how to make it safer
Artificial-intelligence models are able to translate an experimental method into code that runs a liquid-handling robot.Credit: Getty Since…
Why a teenager’s bird-flu infection is ringing alarm bells for scientists
Particles of avian influenza (pink) infect a human cell (blue). Early evidence suggests that the virus infecting a…
Monkeypox virus keeps getting better at spreading among humans
The monkeypox virus (particles shown in this coloured electron micrograph) is evolving.Credit: CDC/Science Photo Library Yet another strain…
Animal-to-human viral leap sparked deadly Marburg outbreak
A single jump by Marburg virus (red; artificially coloured) from an animal to humans triggered an ongoing outbreak…
scientists race to test vaccines in outbreak
Marburg virus particles (blue) on the surface of an infected cultured cell (red).Credit: NIAID/Science Photo Library Researchers are…
Phages reconstitute NAD+ to counter bacterial immunity
Millman, A. et al. An expanded arsenal of immune systems that protect bacteria from phages. Cell Host Microbe…