This week an international group of researchers from Africa, Europe and North America, the Mpox Research Consortium, published in preprint form a study describing an epidemiologic investigation into a ...

Mpox virus is an enveloped, double-stranded DNA virus existing in two forms: the intracellular mature virion (MV) and the extracellular enveloped virion (EV). MPXV enters host cells through attachment ...

Viruses in water pose major public health threats, yet their structural diversity makes them unequally susceptibility to disinfection. This study systematically explored how reactive oxygen species ...

In a recent research letter published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers use pathogen genomics of ancient DNA recovered from museum-preserved orangutan teeth to determine the ...

Viral vectors are engineered viruses that are used to deliver genetic material into cells for various applications, such as gene therapy, vaccine development, and biotechnology research. These viruses ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...