The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.

As the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues, scientists are working to better understand the virus's threat to human ...

Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems ...

In a new study, results suggest that in a preclinical model, two FDA-approved flu antivirals did not successfully treat severe H5N1 infections. Additionally, the researchers found that the route of ...

New RNA-based active agents reliably protect plants against the Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), the most common virus in ...

New computational modeling of avian influenza variants' immunoprotein interactions—developed by a research team at the ...

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Researchers at Martin Luther University have developed groundbreaking RNA-based agents that offer high levels of protection ...

One of the vaccines for a specific strain of an avian virus could come from a research lab on the campus of South Dakota ...

The Zika virus builds tiny tunnels, called tunneling nanotubes, to stealthily transport material needed to infect nearby ...

“The virus reactivates throughout life; it’s a lifelong infection” said Chandrashekhar ... In this study, we report that intranasal HSV-1 infection in murine model, which promotes viral dissemination ...