RNA-based medicines are one of the most promising ways to fight human disease, as demonstrated by the recent successes of RNA ...

Researchers have now uncovered the 3D structure of the RNA enzyme SAMURI. Their study provides insights into the development of ribozymes and the evolution of catalytically active RNA. Researchers ...

Scientists are particularly concerned about a process called “reassortment,” The Washington Post reported, where different flu strains mix in infected animals, creating new versions of the virus.

A new strain of bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI) has been detected on a duck farm in California. The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) reported the outbreak of the ...

With "the circulation of avian influenza among birds and other mammals, including dairy cattle and pigs, the odds of a ‘reassortment event’ elevate the probability of a genetic mutation ...

Here are five more things to know: The new strain is linked to the ongoing spread of H5N1, the more well-known avian influenza strain, through a genetic reassortment. The virus was identified ...

The risk for reassortment — the genetic jumbling that can happen when a virus infects an animal that also is sick with another strain of the same virus, sparking mutations that could make it ...

“The segmented nature of the H5N1 genome creates a genetic lottery where reassortment with seasonal flu viruses could potentially lead to the emergence of new, more dangerous strains ...

If a susceptible species (pigs, cows, mink, etc.) were infected with both human seasonal and avian influenza viruses, reassortment between the genomes of the two viruses could occur, resulting in ...