A groundbreaking discovery reveals how HIV integrates its genetic material into human DNA, exposing a key viral vulnerability ...

Researchers at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at Heidelberg University Hospital have decoded a previously ...

Remnants of ancient viral pandemics in the form of viral DNA sequences embedded in our genomes are still active in healthy people, according to new research my colleagues and I recently published.

Tick-borne encephalitis virus can infect the nervous system and cause life-threatening illness. Finding the cellular gateway ...

According to a recent international study, fragments of ancient viral DNA once considered "junk" may in fact play a role in ...

Human DNA in its natural state inside cells (left) compared to eight hours after being infected with HSV-1 (right). The virus compacts the human genome’s size significantly and moves it towards the ...

The viruses had their DNA written by an AI model and are already wreaking havoc on bacteria in the real world.

A group of Stanford bioengineers claim that they've created synthetic bacteriophages using AI-generated designs that not only ...

The consortium that has taken the lead for the synthesis needs to be expanded and needs to include researchers from ...

These changes in its genome favor the virus's ability to spread and adapt to mammals, such as cows. In March 2024, an ...

Stanford and Arc Institute scientists used an AI genomic model to design the first functioning virus genome from scratch.