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AI can design viruses, toxins and other bioweapons. How worried should we be?

It’s hard to imagine that a snail could kill a person, but a particularly venomous group of marine…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #diseases #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #machinelearning #multidisciplinary #Science #Technology #virology
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/641278/

AI can design viruses, toxins and other bioweapons. How worried should we be?

It’s hard to imagine that a snail could kill a person, but a particularly venomous group of marine…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #diseases #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #machinelearning #multidisciplinary #Science #Technology #virology
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/641278/

The virome refers to the vast, complex, and heterogeneous collection of all viruses that are found in or on an organism, or within a specific environmental ecosystem. To truly comprehend the sheer scale of this biological "dark matter," one must examine the staggering numerical reality of viral abundance.
#Virology #Microbiology #Immunology #EvolutionaryBiology #Neurology #Ecology #MarineBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/wi05132601.html

Three deaths on a cruise ship: What we know about the Andean hantavirus
#Hantavirus #AndesVirus #PublicHealth #CruiseShip #VirusOutbreak #Health #InfectiousDiseases #WHO #Science #Epidemiology #TravelHealth #Canada #SouthAmerica #HealthAlert #Virology
https://the-14.com/three-deaths-on-a-cruise-ship-what-we-know-about-the-andean-hantavirus/

A novel antiviral strategy utilizes the CRISPR-Cas13d system to specifically identify, target, and destroy the RNA of the Hepatitis E virus (HEV). This enzymatic approach effectively halts viral replication without causing damage to the infected host cell.
#Virology #MolecularBiology #Genetics #Bioinformatics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/vi05112601.html

Researchers have successfully characterized the first human antibodies capable of neutralizing the measles virus, providing the foundation for highly targeted prophylactic and post-exposure medical therapies.
#Immunology #Virology #StructuralBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/imgy05102601.html

Maternal helminths rewire the #microbiota to promote offspring antiviral #immunity.

Maternal helminths reshape microbiota to boost offspring antiviral immunity via indole-3-propionic acid (IPA)‑driven IFN‑I protection.

#virology #microbiology

https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/05/maternal-helminths-rewire-microbiota-to.html

High-frequency ultrasound (3-20 MHz) induces acoutic resonance in viruses with a spherical lipid envelope, rupturing the virus without affecting surrounding cells. This works on influenza A and COVID-19 viruses.

Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-05-ultrasound-rupture-covid-flu-viruses.html

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-37584-x

#Science #Virology #Flu #COVID19 #Ultrasound

High-frequency ultrasound (3-20 MHz) induces acoutic resonance in viruses with a spherical lipid envelope, rupturing the virus without affecting surrounding cells. This works on influenza A and COVID-19 viruses.

Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-05-ultrasound-rupture-covid-flu-viruses.html

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-37584-x

#Science #Virology #Flu #COVID19 #Ultrasound

High-frequency ultrasound (3-20 MHz) induces acoutic resonance in viruses with a spherical lipid envelope, rupturing the virus without affecting surrounding cells. This works on influenza A and COVID-19 viruses.

Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-05-ultrasound-rupture-covid-flu-viruses.html

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-37584-x

#Science #Virology #Flu #COVID19 #Ultrasound

High-frequency ultrasound (3-20 MHz) induces acoutic resonance in viruses with a spherical lipid envelope, rupturing the virus without affecting surrounding cells. This works on influenza A and COVID-19 viruses.

Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-05-ultrasound-rupture-covid-flu-viruses.html

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-37584-x

#Science #Virology #Flu #COVID19 #Ultrasound

High-frequency ultrasound (3-20 MHz) induces acoutic resonance in viruses with a spherical lipid envelope, rupturing the virus without affecting surrounding cells. This works on influenza A and COVID-19 viruses.

Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-05-ultrasound-rupture-covid-flu-viruses.html

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-37584-x

#Science #Virology #Flu #COVID19 #Ultrasound

New #Andes virus isolate haplotype obtained during prospective close contacts follow-up of an #Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome fatal case, Chile

#virology #microbiology

https://www.ojcius.net/post/new-andes-virus-isolate-haplotype-obtained-during-prospective-close-contacts-follow-up-of-an-hantavi

Why we need to get a flu shot every year? It's the shuffling of a genetic deck #science #biology #virology #influenzaa #fluvaccine

Meet the Sputnik Virophage, a virus that attacks viruses! The virus that goes after the Goliaths of the viral world. #science #biology #virology #genetics

Viruses so big you can see them with a light microscope? This isn't your normal virus. #science #biology #virology #genetics #bacteria

Rising global temperatures and shifting climate patterns are projected to drive rodent-borne arenaviruses into previously unaffected regions of South America over the next two to four decades, significantly increasing the risk of zoonotic spillover to new human populations.
#Veterinary #Epidemiology #Virology #AtmosphericScience #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/epi05042601.html

Rising global temperatures and shifting climate patterns are projected to drive rodent-borne arenaviruses into previously unaffected regions of South America over the next two to four decades, significantly increasing the risk of zoonotic spillover to new human populations.
#Veterinary #Epidemiology #Virology #AtmosphericScience #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/epi05042601.html

Rising global temperatures and shifting climate patterns are projected to drive rodent-borne arenaviruses into previously unaffected regions of South America over the next two to four decades, significantly increasing the risk of zoonotic spillover to new human populations.
#Veterinary #Epidemiology #Virology #AtmosphericScience #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/epi05042601.html

Rising global temperatures and shifting climate patterns are projected to drive rodent-borne arenaviruses into previously unaffected regions of South America over the next two to four decades, significantly increasing the risk of zoonotic spillover to new human populations.
#Veterinary #Epidemiology #Virology #AtmosphericScience #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/epi05042601.html

Rising global temperatures and shifting climate patterns are projected to drive rodent-borne arenaviruses into previously unaffected regions of South America over the next two to four decades, significantly increasing the risk of zoonotic spillover to new human populations.
#Veterinary #Epidemiology #Virology #AtmosphericScience #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/epi05042601.html

Hantaviruses cause two serious syndromes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a severe disease that effects the lungs, and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, a severe disease that affects the kidneys.
#biology #virology #publichealth #pathology #infections #tourism
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/africa/a-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak-on-a-cruise-ship-in-the-atlantic-ocean-kills-3-people-who-says/article_71915145-1105-5531-b5f1-fa3f56461156.html

Bruker Launches MyGeniusPRO for Infectious Diseases in Europe

Bruker announced the European launch of MyG…
#Europe #EU #assaymenu #Automation #BKvirus #Bruker #clinicallaboratoryautomation #ClinicalMicrobiology #collaborations #cytomegalovirus #diagnosticsystems #ELITechGroup #Epstein-Barrvirus #high-throughputtesting #HitachiHigh-Tech #immunocompromisedpatients #infectiousdiseasetesting #IVDR #moleculardiagnostics #PCR #sample-to-answersystems #virology
https://www.europesays.com/europe/27762/

Dicitriosides are newly identified triterpenoid compounds discovered in a plant extract that demonstrate potent, broad-spectrum antiviral activity against the #Ebola virus and #SARS-CoV-2. These rare natural molecules offer significant therapeutic potential at pharmacologically achievable concentrations.
#Virology #Pharmacognosy #MolecularBiology #Pharmacology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/vi04302601.html

Dicitriosides are newly identified triterpenoid compounds discovered in a plant extract that demonstrate potent, broad-spectrum antiviral activity against the #Ebola virus and #SARS-CoV-2. These rare natural molecules offer significant therapeutic potential at pharmacologically achievable concentrations.
#Virology #Pharmacognosy #MolecularBiology #Pharmacology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/vi04302601.html

Dicitriosides are newly identified triterpenoid compounds discovered in a plant extract that demonstrate potent, broad-spectrum antiviral activity against the #Ebola virus and #SARS-CoV-2. These rare natural molecules offer significant therapeutic potential at pharmacologically achievable concentrations.
#Virology #Pharmacognosy #MolecularBiology #Pharmacology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/vi04302601.html

Dicitriosides are newly identified triterpenoid compounds discovered in a plant extract that demonstrate potent, broad-spectrum antiviral activity against the #Ebola virus and #SARS-CoV-2. These rare natural molecules offer significant therapeutic potential at pharmacologically achievable concentrations.
#Virology #Pharmacognosy #MolecularBiology #Pharmacology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/vi04302601.html

Dicitriosides are newly identified triterpenoid compounds discovered in a plant extract that demonstrate potent, broad-spectrum antiviral activity against the #Ebola virus and #SARS-CoV-2. These rare natural molecules offer significant therapeutic potential at pharmacologically achievable concentrations.
#Virology #Pharmacognosy #MolecularBiology #Pharmacology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/vi04302601.html

Researchers have developed a novel vaccine strategy that successfully generates antibodies capable of neutralizing highly divergent HIV variants by presenting specially designed HIV proteins on liposomes to the immune system.
#Immunology #Virology #Vaccinology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/imgy04292602.html

Contrary to the long-held belief that the immune system fully tolerates chronic viral infections acquired at birth, recent research demonstrates that the body's defenses actively continue to fight these lifelong infections into adulthood, albeit with limited efficiency.
#Immunology #Virology #Biomedical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/imgy04282601.html

Childhood immunological imprinting of cross-subtype antibodies targeting the hemagglutinin head domain of #influenza viruses.

Early H3N2 exposure drives rare cross‑subtype HA antibodies later boosted by seasonal vaccination.

#flu #immunology #virology

https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/04/childhood-immunological-imprinting-of.html

Scientists have found a safer way to hunt for the next pandemic virus
#Science #Health #Viruses #Bats #PandemicPrevention #PublicHealth #MedicalResearch #GlobalHealth #COVID19Lessons #Biotechnology #Pandemic #ZoonoticDiseases #Virology #Coronavirus
https://the-14.com/scientists-have-found-a-safer-way-to-hunt-for-the-next-pandemic-virus/

As folks are digging deeper into the #scientistdeaths they are finding a pattern.

In the 1980s ~25 UK #scientists working on the starwars Reagan initiative died in suspicious circumstances

In 2009 there was a US cluster of around 100 #virology and #chemistry deaths

And now we are up to 13 dead or missing scientists working on classified space tech

Was the #threebodyproblem #chinese soft #disclosure ?

Postdoc Position at MSU in Ultrafast Science
Michigan State University

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/michigan-state-university-27778-postdoc-position-at-msu-in-ultrafast-science/

#biophotonics #biophysics #biosensors #methoddevelopment #microscopy #nanoscience #Ultrafastscience #virology #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
https://jobrxiv.org/job/michigan-state-university-27778-postdoc-position-at-msu-in-ultrafast-science/?fsp_sid=11529

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown self-replicating circular RNA replicon within high-temperature hot spring microbiomes.
#EvolutionaryBiology #Microbiology #Virology #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/ebio04212601.html

2'3'-cGAMP-induced membrane shearing promotes broad antiphage immunity.

CBASS 3TM‑SAVED effectors form cGAMP‑linked filaments that shear membranes and induce death.

#OpenAccess #virology #immunology #microbiology #phage #bacteriophage

https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/04/23-cgamp-induced-membrane-shearing.html

2'3'-cGAMP-induced membrane shearing promotes broad antiphage immunity.

CBASS 3TM‑SAVED effectors form cGAMP‑linked filaments that shear membranes and induce death.

#OpenAccess #virology #immunology #microbiology #phage #bacteriophage

https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/04/23-cgamp-induced-membrane-shearing.html

2'3'-cGAMP-induced membrane shearing promotes broad antiphage immunity.

CBASS 3TM‑SAVED effectors form cGAMP‑linked filaments that shear membranes and induce death.

#OpenAccess #virology #immunology #microbiology #phage #bacteriophage

https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/04/23-cgamp-induced-membrane-shearing.html

2'3'-cGAMP-induced membrane shearing promotes broad antiphage immunity.

CBASS 3TM‑SAVED effectors form cGAMP‑linked filaments that shear membranes and induce death.

#OpenAccess #virology #immunology #microbiology #phage #bacteriophage

https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/04/23-cgamp-induced-membrane-shearing.html

2'3'-cGAMP-induced membrane shearing promotes broad antiphage immunity.

CBASS 3TM‑SAVED effectors form cGAMP‑linked filaments that shear membranes and induce death.

#OpenAccess #virology #immunology #microbiology #phage #bacteriophage

https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/04/23-cgamp-induced-membrane-shearing.html

Hidden viral reservoirs in tonsils may explain school-year respiratory outbreaks

A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil reveals that tissues such as the…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #Antibodies #Asthma #AU #Australia #Bronchiolitis #CD4 #Cell #Children #Cold #commoncold #Ear #Education #EustachianTube #flu #ImmuneSystem #Lungs #medicine #Pathogen #research #Respiratory #rhinovirus #Surgery #Throat #Tonsil #Virology #virus
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/612927/

Hidden viral reservoirs in tonsils may explain school-year respiratory outbreaks

A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil reveals that tissues such as the…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #Antibodies #Asthma #AU #Australia #Bronchiolitis #CD4 #Cell #Children #Cold #commoncold #Ear #Education #EustachianTube #flu #ImmuneSystem #Lungs #medicine #Pathogen #research #Respiratory #rhinovirus #Surgery #Throat #Tonsil #Virology #virus
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/612927/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/439700/ Hidden viral reservoirs in tonsils may explain school-year respiratory outbreaks #Antibodies #Asthma #Bronchiolitis #CD4 #Cell #children #Cold #CommonCold #Ear #education #Éire #EustachianTube #flu #Health #IE #ImmuneSystem #Ireland #Lungs #medicine #Pathogen #Research #Respiratory #Rhinovirus #Surgery #Throat #Tonsil #Virology #virus

Not just passengers: Phages as agents of genetic exchange in fecal #microbiota transplantation.

#Phage ‑mediated gene transfer may shape FMT outcomes by altering gut communities and microbial functions.

#bacteriophage #microbiology #virology #virome

https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/04/not-just-passengers-phages-as-agents-of.html

A newly developed, antibody-based diagnostic tool combined with mathematical modeling designed to accurately map the transmission dynamics of mosquito-borne viral diseases such as dengue, Zika, Chikungunya, and Mayaro.
#Virology #Immunology #Epidemiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/vi04152601.html

Almost half of traded wildlife carry disease-causing pathogens

The carcasses of hog badgers and leopard cats hang at a wildlife market in China.Credit: H Lansdown/Alamy Nearly…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #multidisciplinary #SARS-CoV-2 #Science #virology #Zoology
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/577115/

Almost half of traded wildlife carry disease-causing pathogens

The carcasses of hog badgers and leopard cats hang at a wildlife market in China.Credit: H Lansdown/Alamy Nearly…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #multidisciplinary #SARS-CoV-2 #Science #virology #Zoology
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/577115/

The composition and metabolic activity of a patient's gut bacteria are strongly associated with the size of the latent #HIV reservoir—the amount of dormant virus that remains in the blood despite effective antiretroviral therapy.
#Virology #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/vi04092601.html

What covers the genetic material in a virus?
Cell wall
Envelope
Protein coat
Cytoplasm
#genetics #virus #virology #biology ... Continue to: https://www.facebook.com/1130092409221646/posts/1295433849354167

Acute and chronic infections drive distinct trajectories in human memory CD4+ T cell formation.

CD4⁺ T cell fates in #HCV differ by outcome, revealing distinct chronic, cleared, and cured memory paths.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1074761326001196 #hepatitis #immunology #microbiology #virology