Human cytomegalovirus fixes its broken DNA by exclusively co-opting its host’s repair proteins.
Human cytomegalovirus fixes its broken DNA by exclusively co-opting its host’s repair proteins.
A deadly Ebola virus can spread from pigs to monkeys without direct contact, pointing to pig farms as a possible contributor to outbreaks.
Nominated as a write-in candidate as a protest against the anti-science incumbent, famed naturalist Charles Darwin won 4,000 congressional votes in a Georgia county.
In Chapter 2, "Consequences and Evolution: The Cause That Works Backwards," author Susan M. Schneider places evolutionary theory in terms of the science of consequences.
A newly discovered family of tubulins—members of the cytoskeleton—encoded by bacteriophages plays a role in arranging the location of DNA within virus’s bacterial host.
The federal government tightens regulations on SARS and other deadly viruses, but the changes could hamper research.
Genes from fungi, bacteria, and viruses may have helped mosses and other plants to colonize the land.
A new rhabdovirus may be responsible for an outbreak of fatal hemorrhagic fever.
Cockfighting and other cultural practices in Southeast Asia could greatly aid the spread of deadly diseases like bird flu.