This paper addresses the important question of quantifying epistasis patterns, which affect the predictability of evolution, by reanalyzing a recently published combinatorial deep mutational scan ...

Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By ...

Before species go extinct, their populations often shrink and become isolated. Healthy populations tend to have a large gene ...

A team of investigators from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Google, and Columbia University have created an artificial intelligence model that can predict which ...

The risk that avian influenza viruses will adapt better to humans is increasing. Rapid detection of genetic changes in these ...

Two European regulators said on Wednesday they were tracking variants of the avian influenza virus due to the threat of the pathogen adapting to spread between humans and triggering future pandemics, ...

It can happen even after a mild case and at any age, although rates have declined since the pandemic’s early years. Studies show vaccination can lower the risk. It also is not clear what causes long ...

Bird flu viruses pose an increasing threat, with the potential to adapt to humans and trigger future pandemics, European ...

Rose Acre Farms, the nation's second largest egg producer, said yesterday that tests have confirmed avian flu at its facility ...

Can pollution cause it? What about inflammation? And how do tumors spread? Here’s what scientists are learning about this ...

Two European regulators said on Wednesday they were tracking variants of the bird flu virus due to the threat of the pathogen ...

The vet unveiled the five cat breeds he would never own due to the array of health issues they can suffer from - and some ...