Proto-oncogenes regulate cell growth; mutations convert them to oncogenes, leading to cancer by disrupting normal cell division processes.

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Epstein-Barr virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and human cytomegalovirus. Gene drives are genetic modifications designed to propagate efficiently through a population. Here ...

Kerala's Malappuram district has imposed restrictions due to rising Nipah virus cases, including the closure of schools, colleges, anganwadis, and tuition centers in specific wards. A second death ...

Almost five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, its central question remains subject to heated debate: Did the SARS-CoV-2 virus originate naturally, or was it leaked from a scientific lab ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY – Public health officials are advising residents to take extra measures to avoid mosquito bites following confirmation of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus in a horse in ...

A patient thought to be suffering from Nipah infection is moved to an isolation ward in Kozhikode Medical College in the southern state of Kerala, India,on July 20 (Picture: Reuters) A student has ...

DOC WILLIE ONG – “Doktor ng Bayan” Doc Willie Ong has been diagnosed with sarcoma cancer, which he says may have been caused by stress. Cardiologist Willie Ong, a well-known health advocate and former ...

Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Sunday, September 19, said a 24-year-old man who recently died at a private hospital in Malappuram was infected with the Nipah virus. The Kerala Health ...

And with peak mosquito season comes a rise in mosquito-borne illnesses, including West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). An experimental Moderna mRNA vaccine for mpox has ...

The coalition of self-described "virus hunters" has uncovered everything from an unusual tick-borne disease in Thailand to a surprise outbreak in Colombia of an infection spread by midges.