By the late 1990s, scientists realized that virus activity was likely shaping how carbon and nutrients cycled through ocean ...

Researchers from New England Biolabs (NEB®) and Yale University describe the first fully synthetic bacteriophage engineering ...

Lab-grown life has taken a major leap forward as scientists use AI to create a new virus that has never been seen before.

Scientists have made the first step towards creating new species in the lab. Researchers have used artificial intelligence to ...

You're walking around right now carrying the genetic fingerprints of infections that happened millions of years ago. Deep ...

MSD South Africa’s Zwelethu Bashman and HST’s Dr Ntombi Sigwebela explain why SA needs an HIV-responsive, equity-centred ...

Experimental gene therapies like AMT‑130 lower toxic huntingtin protein and significantly slow Huntington’s disease, offering ...

For over a century, scientists have been fascinated by bacteriophages, the tiny viruses that naturally hunt and kill bacteria. University of Otago researchers are turning to these microscopic ...

Researchers have harnessed AI to expedite the creation of lightbulb-like intrabody probes that can track activity in living ...

SHINGLES vaccination could slow ageing, according to a study. The jab is now available free on the NHS to most 65 to ...

Let’s say it’s 2036, and scientists are working on a new class of drugs. Today, for instance, pharmaceutical companies use ...

Hungarian biologist Tibor Gánti is an obscure figure. Now, more than a decade after his death, his ideas about how life began ...