In agriculture, virus diseases have traditionally been controlled by deploying genes for resistance, and when resistance genes are inaccessible, physical and chemical controls have been used.

With the introduction of new ARVs within existing classes that have shown significant activity against resistant virus, as well as the introduction of two new classes of ARV agents, HIV treatment ...

Pigs whose DNA makes them resistant to a virus could be the first big consumer product using gene editing. Most pigs in the US are confined to factory farms where they can be afflicted by a nasty ...

Bacterial resistance negates the effect of antibiotics in the treatment of infection. Using mouse models, researchers now ...

Zanamivir, oseltamivir and amantadine have favorable cost–effectiveness ratios for these interventions, but amantadine should only be used in countries with a low prevalence of resistant virus.

A newly rediscovered virus may hold the secret to wiping out deadly, drug-resistant bacteria by empowering good microbes to ...

Researchers have uncovered how the gene ClGDPD1 strengthens Eureka lemon's defense against citrus yellow vein clearing virus ...

Drug resistance can develop when a virus or microbe mutates in a way that makes it less sensitive or resistant to a certain ...

One in ten HIV patients is resistant to the latest treatments because new strains of the virus have emerged, scientists warn. HIV-positive patients taking medication are infecting other people ...

“They showed not only that this [norovirus] is protective against VRE—which is a very serious, hospital-acquired pathogen—but that they could also mimic the effect of the virus using a ... normally ...

Resistance is an important reason why HIV medication can stop working. HIV reproduces itself very quickly, making billions of new viruses every day. Because the virus often makes mistakes when copying ...