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 ...

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 ...

They reported recently in the journal Cell that they found the virus, called HKU5-CoV-2, in anal swab samples from a ...

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 ...

HKU5-CoV-2, a new deadly bat virus discovered at Wuhan lab, sparks global pandemic fears. Experts urge vigilance, research, ...

The newer coronavirus is known as HKU5-CoV-2 and is a type of merbecovirus, which is the same family of another coronavirus known to infect humans called Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). In a ...