Bacterial defense system builds DNA in unexpected new way to stop viruses

Scientists at Stanford University have discovered that DRT3, a unique defense system found in bacteria, creates DNA to ...
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Eight percent of your DNA isn't human - here's where it comes from

Human DNA isn't actually entirely human. Strangely, a lot of our genetic material came from unwanted guests hitching rides in ...
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Tools Designed to Develop African Swine Fever Virus Vaccines More Efficiently

Scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) say they have developed a reverse genetics system ...
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How reactive oxygen species target viruses differently: new clues for safer water disinfection

Viruses in water pose major public health threats, yet their structural diversity makes them unequally susceptibility to disinfection. This study systematically explored how reactive oxygen species ...
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Researchers design tools to develop vaccines more efficiently for African swine fever virus (ASFV)

Rockville, Maryland—March 26, 2024—Researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) have ...