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6,260 results for: Virus

  1. Animals

    Mosquitoes may surf winds above Africa more than we realized

    More than 40 meters up, balloon traps in Mali caught females of malaria-spreading mosquito species.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Poliovirus treatment helped patients with deadly brain tumors live longer

    A genetically modified poliovirus appears to help fight brain cancer, a small, early-stage clinical study suggests.

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  3. Genetics

    News of the first gene-edited babies ignited a firestorm

    A researcher in China announced he created two babies using CRISPR. Many scientists questioned the study’s ethics and medical necessity.

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  4. Genetics

    Chinese scientists raise ethical questions with first gene-edited babies

    Scientists say gene editing of human embryos isn’t yet safe, and creating babies was unethical.

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  5. Life

    ‘Nanobot’ viruses tag and round up bacteria in food and water

    Viruses called phages evolved to hunt bacteria. With magnetic nanoparticles and genetic engineering, they become nanobots that work for us.

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  6. Agriculture

    50 years ago, screwworm flies inspired a new approach to insect control

    The United States has wiped out screwworm flies repeatedly since 1966 using the sterile male eradication technique.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Nanosponges sop up toxins and help repair tissues

    Nanoparticles coated with blood cell membranes can move through the body to clean up toxins or heal tissues — without instigating an immune reaction.

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  8. Life

    A key virus fighter is implicated in pregnancy woes

    In mice, activating a key component of the body’s antiviral machinery in response to a Zika infection can cause harm to developing fetuses.

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  9. Genetics

    Smuggling a CRISPR gene editor into staph bacteria can kill the pathogen

    A new way fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria co-opts toxin-producing genes.

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  10. Genetics

    Key parts of a fruit fly’s genetic makeup have finally been decoded

    Jumping genes may make it possible to divvy up chromosomes.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    How an obscure sexually transmitted parasite tangos with the immune system

    Scientists are working out how Trichomonas vaginalis, one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections, causes problems in women and men.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    New studies add evidence to a possible link between Alzheimer’s and herpesvirus

    Researchers saw higher levels of herpesvirus in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, which may contribute to plaque formation.

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