Ancient viruses left a legacy in your DNA. And it turns out, that legacy may be helping shape who you are.

The other major complication of HTLV-1 is a rare type of cancer: adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL). It’s estimated that ...

Fragments of ancient viral DNA once dismissed as “junk” may play a role in controlling our genes, according to a new international study. Using a novel method to trace the evolutionary history ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters during a mass die-off in B.C., Canada.

The viruses that kill bacteria may be our best bet against antibiotic resistance – if we can understand how they win.

The preserved lung of an 18-year-old Swiss man has been used to create the full genome of the 1918 "Spanish flu," the first ...

Viral DNA in human genomes, embedded there from ancient infections, serve as antivirals that protect human cells against certain present-day viruses, according to new research.

The virus has mutated more than 300 times from previous strains of Ebola, Gire said. Researchers have also pinpointed about 50 places in the genetic code where the virus has changed since this ...

Remnants of ancient viral pandemics in the form of viral DNA sequences embedded in our genomes are still active in healthy people, according to new research my colleagues and I recently published.

The cold sore-causing Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1) hijacks human cells and reconfigures its DNA within just an hour after infection, according to a new study that may help tackle the pathogen.