Researchers at Umeå University have discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 variant omicron has developed a stronger binding to human ...

New research shows how small shifts in the molecular makeup of a virus can profoundly alter its fate. These shifts could turn ...

In a growing global trend, bacteria are evolving new ways to maneuver around medical treatments for a variety of infections.

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Three doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccination induce long-lasting antibody and memory B-cell responses, according to a study of ...

This important study shows that the Nora virus, a natural Drosophila pathogen that also persistently infects many laboratory fly stocks, infects intestinal stem cells (ISCs), leading to a shorter life ...

Learn about hepatitis C, how it spreads, possible symptoms, and important steps to protect yourself and others from this ...

Natural killer cell deficiency should be considered in patients susceptible to herpes virus or papillomavirus with persistently decreased NK cell function.

Schrödinger later revised his view – around the 1950s – suggesting that life depends on free energy. Free energy is the energy that drives chemical reactions in living things. This marked a shift from ...

But the shingles studies published in 2024, along with a host of new papers, add weight to an alternative decades-old ...

With falling vaccination rates and outbreaks that have caused more than 580 U.S. cases and at least two deaths, health ...