The era of AI-generated viruses is here. Some scientists are using AI to design viruses that can attack bacteria. The hope is ...

Research at the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology of the University of Valencia, led by professor Rafael Sanjuán, reveals that viruses work in groups to attack host cells ...

The use of AI systems to create viruses opens up new possibilities for combating bacterial resistance. It also raises concerns about the pace at which technology is outstripping regulation.

After two cases of Nipah virus infection were detected in India, concerns and speculation have grown. Nepal’s Health Ministry has urged its citizens to remain vigilant, while Indian health authorities ...

A new UC San Francisco study has shown that a cancer-killing ("oncolytic") virus currently in clinical trials may function as a cancer vaccine—in addition to killing some cancer cells directly, the ...

Federal regulators have approved a therapy that treats advanced skin cancer with a living, genetically modified virus injected straight into tumors. The Food and Drug Administration granted ...

Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München discover that extracts of the medicinal plant Cistus incanus (Ci) prevent human immunodeficiency viruses from infecting cells. Active antiviral ingredients ...