How viruses blur the boundaries of life
When people talk about the coronavirus, they sometimes describe this invisible entity as if it has a personality and even a ...
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The Origins of Viruses
How did viruses evolve? Are they a streamlined form of something that existed long ago, or an ultimate culmination of smaller genetic elements joined together? Aa Aa Aa The evolutionary history of ...
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The Evolving History of Influenza Viruses and Influenza Vaccines
It became obvious that it was necessary to modify regularly the composition of the vaccine, and that it was necessary to use vaccine strains selected according to any emerging new virus.
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‘I’ve always thought a lab leak origin of Covid-19 was plausible – and it could happen again’
Five years on from the first UK lockdown, the origin of the virus is still hotly contested. Dr Alina Chan was the scientist who was labelled a conspiracist when she went against the official view it ...
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Which came first: viruses or bacteria?
Related: Do other viruses have as many variants as SARS-CoV-2? For Caetano-Anolles, co-evolution from a single common ancestor seems to be the most likely origin of viruses and bacteria.
Ancient viral genomes preserved in glaciers reveal the history of Earth’s climate – and how viruses adapt to climate change
From ice cores extracted from the Tibetan Plateau, scientists recovered the equivalent of 1,705 virus species. Reading their ...
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The Evolving History of Influenza Viruses and Influenza Vaccines
The history of influenza vaccine and the associated technology shows how the vaccine has evolved to match the evolution of influenza viruses. Box 1. Current nomenclature for influenza viruses (WHO ...