Scientists find a new way coronaviruses can get into human cells
22 Apr 2026 An international team of researchers has identified an East African bat coronavirus capable of entering human cells.
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Treatments for poxviruses – including those causing mpox and smallpox – may already exist in licensed drugs
09 Aug 2023 Scientists have discovered how poxviruses evade natural defences in living cells, and realised that drugs to stop them doing this are already...
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Study identifies genetic changes likely to have enabled SARS-CoV-2 to jump from bats to humans
08 Jan 2021 A new study, involving the University of Cambridge and led by the Pirbright Institute, has identified key genetic changes in SARS-CoV-2 - the virus...
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African Horse Sickness: mapping how a deadly disease might spread in the UK
25 May 2013 A disease lethal to horses, until now confined to hot countries, could arrive in the UK. New research creates a picture of its possible spread and...
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