A clear check on AI-made viruses is the limit of existing knowledge about what makes viruses dangerous.

Researchers at Stanford University and the Arc Institute used generative artificial intelligence (AI) to design fully functional viral genomes, a first for the technology. The team generated 16 viable ...

An analysis of mpox virus genomes from individuals infected between 2018 and 2023 has provided insights into how the virus emerged in the human population. The study revealed key drivers associated ...

The use of AI systems to create viruses opens up new possibilities for combating bacterial resistance. It also raises concerns about the pace at which technology is outstripping regulation.

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the ancient genomes of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from archaeological human remains more than two millennia old. The study, led by the ...

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Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode the genome of the virus responsible for the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic ...

Some of Europe's most well-known historic manuscripts, including the York Gospels, have proven to be biological time capsules ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed ancient genomes of Human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from archaeological human remains more than two millennia old. The study, led by the ...

Learn how ancient sheeppox virus DNA was found on the parchment of medieval manuscripts across Europe.

The team pushed the history of sheeppox further back by examining ancient sheep teeth from pastoralist settlements on the ...