According to the study, a gene found in some bats can cut the SARS-CoV-2 virus’s production by up to 90%, which may pave the way for novel therapeutic strategies to treat viral illnesses.
Virus
US officials announced in late March 2024 that dairy cows in Texas were experiencing an epidemic of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus or HPAI H5N1.
Despite being influenced by prior vaccinations, the new vaccine produces widely neutralizing antibodies in response.
Biopreparedness and virological surveillance involves studying the causes that favor zoonotic spillover and facilitates human-to-human transmission.
Researchers at The Rockefeller University have discovered that bacteria sense phages via a defensive response called CBASS that detects viral RNA