The past couple of years have not been good ones for honeybees. For reasons unknown, honeybee colonies around the globe have experienced Colony Collapse Disorder. With Colony Collapse Disorder 30 - 90 ...

A common plant virus once known only for infecting black-eyed peas is now taking center stage in cancer research. This virus, known as cowpea mosaic virus or CPMV, is being studied as a promising, ...

A virus that infects black-eyed pea plants has shown "widespread effectiveness" in helping thwart an array of metastatic cancers in mice, researchers report in a new study, offering hope the virus ...

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I thought viruses were host-specific, but COVID-19 came from another animal first. Can I catch a plant virus? The short answer is no. Plant viruses can't attach to our cell receptors or pass through ...

Recently discovered interactions between plant and viral proteins open up new avenues for making plants resistant to viruses, thus safeguarding crop yields in changing climate conditions. Many ...

There’s more than just pollen riding on a springtime breeze. Just as some human viruses spread when humans reproduce, plant viruses can use pollen to hitch a ride from flower to flower. A study in ...

Jack Hoopes spends a lot of time with dying dogs. A veterinary radiation specialist at Dartmouth College, Hoopes has spent his decades-long career treating canine cancers with the latest experimental ...