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6,244 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    Risk Factor: Throat cancer linked to virus spread by sex

    Cancer of the throat and tonsils can arise from infection with a sexually transmitted virus.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    A Way Forward: Releasing the brakes on cancer vaccines

    A new way to overcome tumors' defenses against the immune system marks an important step toward effective cancer vaccines.

    By Patrick Barry
  3. Tech

    Tractor beam

    Magnetic nanoparticles selectively bind to specific bacteria and can drag them out of a liquid.

    By Davide Castelvecchi
  4. Health & Medicine

    The Breast Solution

    Reversing earlier advice, health authorities now say that babies of HIV-positive mothers in poor countries have a better chance of avoiding infection if they feed only on breast milk that's not supplemented with other food.

    By Carolyn Barry
  5. Health & Medicine

    Sickle Save: Skin cells fix anemia in mice

    Using a new technique to turn skin cells into stem cells, scientists have corrected sickle cell anemia in mice.

    By Brian Vastag
  6. Health & Medicine

    Sick and down

    To fight off an infection or illness, the body shifts into a slow-down mode that mirrors some symptoms of depression. In fact, scientists now think the immune response itself may even cause the mood disorder.

    By Amy Maxmen
  7. Health & Medicine

    AIDS Abated: Genome scans illuminate immune control of HIV

    Three genetic variations picked out by powerful whole-genome scans help explain why some people develop AIDS quickly while others keep it at bay.

    By Brian Vastag
  8. Health & Medicine

    Hepatitis B drug creates HIV resistance

    A hepatitis B drug spurs resistance to HIV drugs in people infected with both diseases.

    By Carolyn Barry
  9. Computing

    Squashing Worms

    Defeating computer worms that mutate will take some smart defense strategies.

    By Julie Rehmeyer

  10. Oceans reveal secrets of viruses

    Scientists have completed the first survey of virus DNA in oceans around the world.

    By Julie Rehmeyer
  11. Math

    Tied Up in Knots

    Physicists have shown that tumbled strings will form surprisingly complex knots, helping explain how knots spontaneously form in nature.

    By Davide Castelvecchi
  12. Health & Medicine

    Tumor Suicide: Gene therapy makes cancer cells self-destruct

    Microscopic bubbles of fat that deliver a suicide gene to tumor cells show success in treating pancreatic cancer in mice.

    By Patrick Barry