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Scientists have identified dozens of human proteins that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, depends on to replicate ...

The genome for a flu virus is roughly 10,000 letters long, a sequence that could fit on a handful of pages. The code the Dutch scientists developed for their beefed-up H5N1 virus is even smaller ...

Resurrection biology — attempting to bring strings of molecules and more complex organisms back to life — is gaining traction in labs around the world.

Several hypotheses might explain the origin of viruses. Perhaps they represent a lifelike form in transition, from a primordial soup to primitive, single-cell organisms fully capable of reproducing.

Resurrection biology scientists work on “zombie viruses” found in ancient ice, including the ancient “pandora” virus from thawing permafrost pictured here. Jean-Michel Claverie/IGS/CNRS-AM.

A universal biology unifying viruses and cells. Despite some of these new findings, however, one gigantic question mark in the whole discussion was what the evolutionary history of viruses looked ...

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