Bird flu, SARS, HIV/AIDS … Many of the infectious diseases that have unsettled the world have one thing in common: they first emerged in animals. Birds, bats, monkeys and other hosts can carry viruse...
A large fraction of the human genome is built from the remnants of ancient viral infections. Long dismissed as genetic clutter, these sequences are increasingly being implicated in early development. ...
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) are among the most important “signal receivers” in the human body, translating the external stimuli into internal signals that govern sensation, mood, cardiovascu...
