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The virus production line: understanding assembly and packaging

Written by Charlotte Harrison, Science Writer Viruses hijack host cellular processes to replicate and produce infectious progeny. But little is […]

Faster and more accurate tracking of virus evolution

Written by Charlotte Harrison, Science Writer Researchers from the European Bioinformatics Institute and collaborators have developed a tool that allows […]

Sanger Launches The Respiratory Virus & Microbiome Initiative

The Wellcome Sanger Institute has just launched the new Respiratory Virus and Microbiome Initiative, which will lay the groundwork for […]

Virus-derived CRISPR systems may be added to the gene-editing toolbox

The CRISPR-Cas9 system revolutionised genome editing approaches. Recent work on the CRISPR gene editing technology won the 2020 Nobel Prize […]

Ancient retrovirus genes play crucial role in brain’s innate immune response

Written by Lauren Robertson, Science Writer. New research has uncovered the role of two specific mouse genes – leftover by […]

Genetics Unzipped Podcast: Face to face – the viruses that made us human

In the latest episode of the Genetics Unzipped podcast, Dr Kat Arney takes a look at the monkey in the […]

New ultra-sensitive detection of human papillomavirus (HPV)

Researchers have explored whether a sequencing approach, called HPV-seq, could improve detection of the human papillomavirus in patients with low […]

Retroviruses re-write koala DNA and cause cancer

Examination of retroviruses within the Queensland koala population has revealed how they integrate and rewrite the koala genome, ultimately resulting […]

140,000 Virus species Identified in the Human Gut, Half of Which are New to Science

Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute have identified over 140,000 viral species living in the […]

Coronavirus human challenge trials

The UK Government have announced a £33.6 million investment backing studies in partnership with Imperial College London, hVIVO and the […]