XFG is part of the Omicron family, of which there are now more than 1,000 known subvariants, but it’s rising rapidly in ...

A new Covid variant XFG, nicknamed ‘Stratus’, has been found in 38 countries. According to an expert, the countries showing ...

Viruses called bacteriophages ... Our new research looked at one particular protein used by phages to bypass the natural defenses of bacteria. We found this protein has an essential control function ...

Researchers have described proteins that they say are among the most ancient ever sequenced. Two teams, which analysed ...

CRISPRware is a new tool scientists can use to design the best guide RNAs to edit genes in many organisms, without the need for deep bioinformatics expertise. By making gene editing more precise and ...

Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a system that mimics natural selection inside living mammalian cells ...

Researchers have discovered a strategy to neutralize two highly lethal viruses for which there is currently no approved ...

"Protein goals" have long been a thing on TikTok and Instagram. But now social media users are also talking about "fiber ...

The rapid identification of respiratory virus outbreaks is needed to enable rational and effective public health interventions. We developed new quantitative approaches for simultaneous ...

Where others see a natural air purifier, Ralf Reski, a plant biotechnologist at the University of Freiburg, saw untapped ...

Scientists have identified dozens of human proteins that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, depends on to replicate ...

Potato virus Y (PVY) is a plant virus that is known to be responsible for substantial economic losses in agriculture. Within the PVY genome, viral genome-linked protein (VPg) plays a pivotal role in ...