H5N1 avian influenza virus was first found infecting cattle in 2024, though its risk of adapting to infect and spread through humans has been unclear. Findings show that these influenza viruses from cows more closely resemble the molecular features of avian flu viruses than their human counterparts. 

CSHL President Bruce Stillman and colleagues have compiled decades of research into a detailed review of one of life’s most fundamental mechanisms, the pre-replicative complex (pre-RC). Their video animations offer an inspiring look at how pre-RCs are assembled in yeast and humans.

Scientists studying a hard-to-treat form of blood cancer called acute myeloid leukemia (AML) have found that a type of treatment — immunotherapy — may help change the environment where cancer cells live, possibly helping the immune system respond more effectively.