New type of avian flu found in Antarctic penguins
An international team of researchers has identified a previously unknown avian influenza virus in a group of Adelie penguins from…
Virus linked to macular degeneration
US scientists have found that a type of herpes-virus infection of the eye is associated with age-related macular degeneration, a…
Virus improves solar cell efficiency
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found a way to make significant improvements to the power-conversion efficiency…
New Chinese virus has “alarmingly high” mortality rate
Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists explain how a previously unknown and dangerous virus carried by tics…
Antiviral drugs could create “super viruses”
Recent widespread flu scares have seen a clamor for antiviral medications, but researchers from the University of Texas at Austin…
Compelling new evidence for prostate cancer virus
A type of virus known to cause leukemia and sarcomas in animals has been found for the first time in…
Herpes Virus Transferred To Infants Via Parental DNA
Parents expect to pass on their eye or hair color to their children through their genes but new research from…
Cancer Triggered By Viral Selection?
New research suggests that viruses may contribute to cancer by causing excessive death to normal cells while promoting the growth…
Virus Wranglers Tame Measles
A team of researchers has devised a system that consistently converts the measles virus into a therapeutic killer that hunts…
Oral Bacteria Can Block HIV Infection
Strains of bacteria that occur naturally in the human mouth can snare the HIV virus and even cells it has…