Tag: viruses
100,000 new viruses, including 9 coronaviruses, discovered by a supercomputer
Viruses are all around us, but we only know a fraction of them. A supercomputer has analyzed millions of genetic data to identify 100,000 new viruses, including nine close to…
A supercomputer discovers 100,000 new viruses including 9 coronaviruses
Viruses are all around us, but we only know a fraction of them. A supercomputer has analyzed millions of genetic data to identify 100,000 new viruses, including nine close to…
It takes its name from the village where it grew up! A source of healing against all viruses
Mikail Dursun, who sells Zivzik pomegranate on Gazi Street, one of the busiest streets of Diyarbakır, with the onset of cold weather, said that the Zivzik pomegranate species is a…
Six dangerous viruses created in the laboratory
While the hypothesis of a virus that escaped from a laboratory still persists about SARS-CoV-2, other extremely pathogenic viruses have indeed been created by humans, officially with the aim of…
Oncolytic viruses: promising allies in cancer treatment
Viruses, these infectious agents, identified today as “public enemy n ° 1”, also seem able to become allies against cancerous pathologies. This is shown by a group of American scientists…
Will anti-Covid-19 treatments create mutant viruses?
A prominent virologist warns against the use of molnupiravir, Merck’s anti-Covid pill, which has high mutagenic potential. The large-scale administration of this drug could promote the appearance of resistant viruses,…