The study revealed that a gene common in some bats can reduce the production of the SARS-CoV-2 virus by up to 90%, which could help lead to new medical approaches to combating viral diseases.

A study of fruit flies shows some species are highly susceptible to a wide range of viruses. The paper, published in the ...

Bats carry viral pathogens that typically do not lead to severe disease in the bats themselves but can be lethal to humans. Adaptations in certain immune genes might contribute to this resistance.

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But the coronavirus causes COVID, while the influenza virus causes the flu. COVID also spreads faster than the flu and remains contagious for longer periods. Both illnesses cause symptoms such ...

White and grey coloured balls were found scattered along the shores at nine beaches in Sydney's north last week. (Nine) The balls that washed up in October were made up of similar products as ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

What is the structure of our physical reality? Physicists have long imagined space and time interweaving into “space-time”, the metaphorical fabric that underlies the cosmos. But there may be ...

It depicts a 20-foot "egg-shaped" UFO object dangling from a sling under a helicopter. This aligns with a tale recounted to Coulthart by ex-US Air Force mechanic Jacob Barber, who allegedly ...

An elite member of the US Airforce and recipient of NATO’s top-secret security clearance has come forward to reveal a secret programme to retrieve fallen UFOs. Jacob Barber has described his ...