Bacteriophages, or phages for short, are viruses that infect bacteria. Using phages therapeutically could be very useful in ...

A research team led by scientists from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) has introduced a new ...

More than four billion years ago, Earth was a very different place. Pools of water froze and thawed in cycles, minerals ...

Researchers unveil append editing, a method that attaches chemical tags to DNA, expanding possibilities in medicine, agriculture, and biotechnology.

CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—continues to pose a global health threat, driven by new variants and its ability to ...

A research team led by scientists from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) has introduced a new way to fine-tune genetic material. Their study, published in Nature ...

Experiment may help explain the ‘most intriguing causal paradox in biology’ about how early life forms came together about 4 billion years ago ...

The hepatitis D market is expanding due to increased diagnosis rates and advancements in treatment options. Hepatitis D, a severe liver disease linked to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, is ...

Professor Jens Hör of the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research, Würzburg, Germany has received a prestigious ...

A study from Würzburg reveals that pox viruses have developed a unique strategy to rapidly multiply after infecting a host cell. The findings uncover a previously unknown role for a well-known ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a small, enveloped DNA virus belonging to the Hepadnaviridae family and remains a global health ...