Giant Dormant Virus Found in Algae Could Revolutionize Genetics
In 2025, scientists at Virginia Tech made an extraordinary discovery while studying a simple green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.…
In Oregon and Beyond, Many Kids in Mental Health Crises Come to the ER—And Languish
A few years ago, the Portland-based health policy researcher John McConnell recalls, he started hearing about a problem.…
Gene editing restores hearing and balance in adult mice with DFNA41 deafness
Zheng-Yi Chen, DPhil, associate scientist at the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, and Ines and Fredrick Yeatts Chair in Otolaryngology, at…
Biosecurity Tasmania confirms Australia’s first case of potato mop-top virus on Tasmanian farm
Potato mop-top virus has been found in crops on Tasmania’s north-west, sparking the launch of an incident response…
How early immune challenges influence oral and systemic health in children
Once viewed only as infectious invaders, bacteria are now understood to play an important role in overall health.…
Single injection of gene therapy at birth may offer lasting protection against HIV
A new study in Nature shows that delivering a single injection of gene therapy at birth may offer years-long protection…
Healthy Life: Ancient viruses in our DNA may hold clues to what makes us human | Healthy Life
Fragments of ancient viral DNA once dismissed as “junk” may play a role in controlling our genes, according…
New insights into tick immune response could help prevent deadly virus transmission
Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is a severe haemorrhagic fever virus transmitted by tick to animal…
Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation – News and events
19 July 2025
There is a clear link between low vitamin D levels and an increased risk…