Viruses

The White-tailed Deer Strikes Again: a Case of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission

The question: Could white-tailed deer be a SARS-CoV-2 reservoir in North America? A year ago, I wrote an article about white-tailed deer becoming a possible...

HIV-B, the new HIV variant identified in Europe

COVID-19 has dominated the global discourse for viral disease. However, a group of researchers based in Europe found a new variant of the human...

Genome annotation: a decoding project harder than Enigma

The Enigma Code and genome annotation In World War II, Nazi Germany designed a cipher machine that encrypted all messages sent between military officials. It...

A picture of Omicron spread in South Africa

The researchers who first reported the Omicron variant have published their findings about the discovery of Omicron a few days ago. I will explain...

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