A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which ...

In recent years, great leaps in genomic sciences have allowed researchers to detect viruses living in and on the human body—collectively called the human virome. Recent genomic explorations of human ...

Looks like a lot of American are starting off the New Year ill. According to the latest government health data, 40 states ...

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is one of the most common human viruses worldwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), EBV can cause other diseases. Unfortunately, there is ...

HPV, a virus already known for causing several cancers, is now being linked to a significantly increased risk of heart ...

Human T-lymphotropic viruses, HTLV, comprise a family of four related retroviruses that affect T-cells, a type of white blood cell. The viruses are thought to have passed from monkeys into humans, and ...

HCoV-HKU1, a not-so-common human coronavirus, surfacing in Kolkata has raised concern. Dr Shalmali Inamdar, an internal ...

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