A VIRUS that’s previously been linked to seven types of cancer could also increase the risk of heart disease, say researchers. In the UK, the virus is very common – an estimated 80 per ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. As early as the 1990s, researchers proposed that a very common type of herpes virus—then known as human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6)—could be somehow ...

A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which ...

In this article, we discuss how viruses spread and how you can protect yourself against infection. How transmission happens Depending on the type of virus, it can be spread through sneezes ...

Mimivirus is the largest and most complex virus known. Is it an evolutionary bridge between nonliving viruses and living organisms, or is it just an anomaly? Aa Aa Aa Viruses are small and fairly ...

Most people think of viruses as small living things that bring on a nasty summer cold. But you might be surprised to learn that some viruses can lead to cancer. Keep in mind that even if you're ...

Thus, a type A virus isolated in 1995 in Memphis Tennessee with a strain number of 123 and an H5N1 subtype is designated: Influenza virus was first isolated 80 years ago in 1933. The first ...

Researchers are making substantial progress in developing safe and effective vaccines against the dengue virus. Currently, a large number of dengue vaccine candidates are being tested in ...