Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...

Scientists have produced the first detailed characterization of the changes that weight loss causes in human fat tissue by analyzing hundreds of thousands of cells. In a new study published in the ...

Pepper the cat, whose owner works at the University of Florida, gathered a specimen containing a never-before-seen virus for ...

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