virus, genetics & genomics, disease & medicine, microbiology

B.1.525 shares a mutation with the B.1.351 variant first detected in South Africa that seems to allow the virus to dodge the immune system.

Bacteria-infecting viruses affect the composition and behavior of microbes in the mammalian gut—and perhaps influence human biology.

Phages interact with bacteria and eukaryotic cells in ways that researchers suspect influence mammalian health.

It’s too early to know whether the L452R version of SARS-CoV-2 is highly infectious like the B.1.1.7 UK variant that is also spreading around the US.

Pangolins are poached for their scales and meat, leading researchers to develop a set of molecular tools to help track and mitigate the trade.

Working at bushmeat markets in Africa, researchers are trying to trace the trade networks of the mammals.

They may be a prospective source for an influenza pandemic, researchers warn.  

The bat version of the STING protein helps dampen the mammals' immune response to infection, researchers have found.