Unlike animals, plants do not possess an adaptive immune system with antibodies or T cells to fight viral infections. Instead, they rely on the RNA silencing system, which serves as their innate ...

Across continents, the flavors we love and the spices we rely on are under siege by relentless plant diseases. For centuries, ...

Bean yellow mosaic virus (BYMV) is a pathogenic virus that can affect any pulse crop. It creates mosaic patterns on the plant ...

A chewing gum made from lablab beans may be the next big tool in fighting viral transmission. Scientists found that this gum ...

Scientists develop an antiviral chewing gum that neutralizes over 95% of influenza and herpes viruses, potentially ...

Michael Mina, an epidemiologist who was previously an assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard Medical School. “Even if your measles virus infection seemed mild and ...