Last week was the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Asilomar Summit, where scientists came together to establish guidelines for research with genetically modified microbes. Today many more discoveries and ...

Scientists have discovered a new strain of coronavirus in bats, known as HKU5-CoV-2, that has potential to infect humans.

HKU5-CoV-2 is a form of coronavirus that was just detected in bats. The recent study picked up the virus after analyzing anal ...

Revealing Concerns Over COVID-19 Origins Resurface with New Virus Discovery** In a disquieting revelation, Chinese researchers have announced the discovery of a new bat coronavi ...

Scientists in China have discovered a new type of coronavirus in bats that can infect human cells, but experts say it's not a ...

CoV-2, was found in horseshoe bats in China and can bind to human cells in the same way as SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19. A new coronavirus ...

A new coronavirus lineage discovered in bats by Wuhan scientists can infect human cells but is not a current public health ...

HKU5-CoV-2 has sparked concerns because it can spread to humans in a similar way to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic ...

A team of Chinese researchers, led by 'batwoman' Shi Zhengli discovered a new bat coronavirus HKU5-Cov-2 which could ...

A team of Chinese virologists has identified a novel bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, raising fears of potential spillover into ...