H5N1 virus, isolated from the eye of a farm worker who became infected through contact with dairy cows, was lethal in mice and ferrets infected in a high-containment laboratory environment, according ...

Seven people fell ill with flu-like symptoms after contact with someone infected with H5N1, raising fears that the virus has ...

Let’s establish a couple of things. First, while there has been sustained concern among infectious disease experts this year about H5N1 due to a steady drip of human infections, the virus has ...

Oregon state and federal officials are investigating positive H5N1 bird flu cases at a farm after the virus was detected in a pig in the U.S. for the first time. USDA National Veterinary Services ...

RNA polymerase is an enzyme that is responsible for copying a DNA sequence into an RNA sequence, duyring the process of transcription. As complex molecule composed of protein subunits, RNA ...

Merced County has seen its first case of H5N1 bird flu, according to the Merced County Department of Public Health. The county said that the infected individual had direct contact with cattle at a ...

H5N1 bird flu update: Stories include the risk of avian flu transmission to humans, what would be needed for wide availability of a H5N1 vaccine, the perils of bird flu virus in raw milk, and ...

“We trained this AI method to recognize the structure of every RNA polymerase known,” Holmes said, explaining that the program, called LucaProt, can then sort through new data and seek out RNA ...

The first confirmed case of H5N1 avian influenza in a U.S. pig has been reported by the USDA. The infected pig, part of a backyard farm with mixed livestock, showed no illness but tested positive.

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TriLink BioTechnologies and Alphazyme, both part of Maravai LifeSciences, have collaborated to launch CleanScribe™ RNA Polymerase, a novel enzyme that reduces double ...

RNA is synthesized from DNA by an enzyme known as RNA polymerase during a process called transcription. The new RNA sequences are complementary to their DNA template, rather than being identical ...