Rodent-borne hantaviruses are associated with two main clinical disorders in humans: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. Although hantavirus diseases can ...

Future Virology. 2009;4(4):383-389. These important tools were recently reported for the serologic diagnosis of hantavirus. However, it is necessary to further investigate these new methods in ...

Researchers have engineered bacteria as personalized cancer vaccines that activate the immune system to specifically seek out and destroy cancer cells. Columbia researchers have engineered ...

Among the most dangerous viruses and bacteria is H5N1 bird flu ... It also included Hantavirus, a virus that spreads among ...

These first microbes would have been extremely simple. Meanwhile, viruses degrade more easily than bacteria, so there are no physical fossils of viruses. Related: What was the first animal on Earth?

Genetically engineered bacteria can work together to spot prime numbers, identify vowels or even work out the maximum number of slices a pizza can be cut into. The researchers behind the study say ...

Biofilms—slimy communities of bacteria—grow on all sorts of surfaces: from glaciers and hot springs to plant roots, your bathtub and fridge, wounds, and medical devices such as catheters.

Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria, increases in concentration during flooding. Hurricane Helene left not only a path of destruction after landing in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, but also a rise ...

Geologists suggest the catastrophic impact of "S2" delivered key nutrients to the oceans, prompting microorganisms to thrive Margherita Bassi Pathogens are more common in polar bears living in the ...

The viruses that infect bacteria are the most abundant biological entities on the planet. For example, a recent simple study of 92 showerheads and 36 toothbrushes from American bathrooms found ...

T4 viruses with mutations in certain genes produce unassembled viral components. These particles are combined in the test tube in an effort to learn how the genes of a virus specify its shape ...

Flooding from back-to-back hurricanes Helene and Milton hurricanes have resulted in a dramatic increase in flesh-eating bacteria cases. There have been 74 cases so far this year, according to data ...