A new paper in Genome Biology and Evolution, indicates that while the COVID-19 virus has developed rapidly since 2019, it has done so within limited genetic channels. These genetic limits have ...

Scientists have uncovered a possible explanation for why some people struggle to taste food more than a year after recovering ...

For the past three years, Corewell Health researchers have been studying the genetic code of the virus that causes COVID-19 to better understand how it is changing and how to avoid another pandemic.

The Stanford COVID-19 Journal Club is aimed at interpreting the scientific findings behind the rapidly evolving pandemic. We host virtual journal clubs in which Stanford graduate students present ...

In simple terms: a virus is a tiny package of genetic instructions with a delivery system. Outside a cell it is metabolically inert. Once inside a susceptible cell, it redirects the cell's machinery ...