The transmission of viruses through biological materials is of great concern to many researchers and managers of lab animal facilities. There is ample documentation 1 for the confounding effects of ...

Liver cancer is one of the world's deadliest cancers, and most cases are linked to chronic viral hepatitis. Yet scientists have lacked an animal model that faithfully recapitulates how the disease ...

The majority of the persisting sequelae in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivors with pulmonary disposition include fatigue, chest pain, and chronic lung disease, all of which directly affect ...

A gene-silencing therapy protected against Zika virus transmission from pregnant mice to the mouse fetuses, finds a new study. The treatment, which harnesses nanoparticles called small extracellular ...

A study showed a type of lab mouse is highly susceptible to a coronavirus derived from pangolins, a scaly, cat-sized mammal. This doesn’t mean the virus is dangerous to humans. The virus is related to ...

Researchers created the first mouse model in which chronic viral infection progresses to liver cancer, closely mirroring what happens in people with hepatitis C. Liver cancer is one of the world’s ...