Of that, plant viruses alone contribute to over $30 billion in losses each year. In response, scientists started tapping the power of RNA-based technology to help plants defend themselves better ...

Research teams across Canada are now building on homegrown innovation to expand the potential of RNA vaccines beyond ...

This discovery indicates that it may be possible to influence the body's own RNAi system to slow viral infections—and not just influenza, but perhaps even other RNA viruses. "Now, we want to ...

Researchers have discovered the first giant virus in Finland. The specimen demonstrates that such huge viruses are more common in northern regions than previously thought. Viruses are tiny.

Scientists have discovered a new type of immune defense in E. coli bacteria that turns viral infection machinery against the virus itself. Named after the Chinese military strategist Kongming ...

A young California man died from the same rare rodent-linked virus that killed Gene Hackman’s wife in February — with health officials discovering rat droppings at his workplace following his ...

SARS-CoV-2 is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus. It is contagious in humans and is the cause of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have been updated to the ...

Rodrigo Becerra died on March 6, just three days before his birthday. A 26-year-old man in the US died from the same rare rat-infectious disease that killed Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, in ...

Total RNA was extracted from swabs and RT-PCR was used to detect influenza A viruses. Influenza virus-positive swabs were processed for isolation of SIVs, haemagglutinin and neuraminidase subtype ...

BitCoin Miner is a generic name for various cryptocurrency-mining viruses. At first glance, the name suggests that these viruses mine only Bitcoin. However, cybercriminals also attempt to mine other ...

Calculate how much it will cost to vaccinate your livestock against bluetongue virus and how much it could save you using our interactive calculators. Bluetongue is a notifiable animal disease. If you ...