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Harnessing the power of AI, a research team at the MRC-University of Glasgow Center for Virus Research has launched Viro3D—the most comprehensive database of human and animal virus protein structure ...

New research reveals that the bird flu viruses may be capable of replicating at temperatures higher than an average fever, a key bodily defense mechanism against severe infection. The international ...

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