Gene drives are genetic modifications designed to propagate efficiently through a population. Most applications rely on homologous recombination during sexual reproduction in diploid organisms such as ...

This century, global human health has been marked by a seemingly increasing list of outbreaks and epidemics caused by RNA viruses — masters of rapid evolution, host switching and immune escape. With a ...

Collaboration is a vital aspect of modern science. Trading ideas can lead to large breakthroughs in a project that would not be possible for a scientist working alone. As it turns out, this type of ...

A study of bat viromes in China’s Yunnan, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Cambodia identifies 137 viral strains (40 novel species), confirms bats as the evolutionary source of porcine epidemic ...