Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

Long before modern medicine named and cataloged human herpesviruses, at least one of them was already quietly embedding ...

AI can now create genome viruses in laboratories and redesign toxins to evade controls, raising biosafety alert and rise of ...

Learn how ancient DNA from human remains provided the first direct evidence that a common childhood virus has been part of ...

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.

Ancient DNA reveals that childhood viruses lived with humans for thousands of years, reshaping how we understand human and ...

Researchers identify a shared RNA-protein interaction that could lead to broad-spectrum antiviral treatments for ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses. Said to have existed since living cells first appeared, these microscopic ...