Imagine a virus so lethal that up to 90% of those infected don’t survive. That’s Marburg - a rare but extremely dangerous disease with no known cure. In this video, we explore its history, how it ...

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In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

Washington State University researchers have discovered how the bacteria that cause anaplasmosis and Lyme disease hijack ...

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Deadly viruses throughout history From the Ebola to COVID-19, diseases caused by viruses have killed humans throughout history. Viruses are much older than human beings, possibly even older than ...

New viruses that are genetically similar to known fatal viruses have been discovered near food sources in a concerning new ...

Chinese scientists have raised concerns over 20 never-seen-before viruses found in the kidneys of bats mostly found in the ...

Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising urgent concerns" that these diseases might spill over ...

Figure 3. Marburg hemorrhagic fever pathogenesis model. Primary targets cells for Marburg virus infection are macrophages and dendritic cells. In dendritic cells, infection leads to 'paralysis' of ...

The team then searched for the potential contribution of switch-like genes to disease. They found remarkable links with COVID-19, breast cancer, male infertility, implantation failure, and a very ...