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6,278 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    Infectious Obesity: Adenovirus fattens stem cells

    Some cases of obesity may result from infection by a virus that can transform adult stem cells into fat-storing cells.

    By Brian Vastag
  2. Life

    Leaf clippings as protein factories

    Using plants to mass produce proteins for vaccines and other purposes may soon be possible without genetically engineering whole plants.

    By Patrick Barry

  3. From the October 16, 1937, issue

    Biological prospecting on two remote mesas near the Grand Canyon, a newly described and widespread form of meningitis, and primate fossils from the Crazy Mountains of Montana.

    By Science News

  4. Hold the Embryos: Genes turn skin into stem cells

    Scientists have found a way to convert a person's skin cells directly into stem cells without creating and destroying embryos.

    By Patrick Barry
  5. Health & Medicine

    HIV is double trouble for brain

    The virus that causes AIDS can also cause dementia, by both killing mature brain cells and blocking the creation of new ones.

    By Patrick Barry
  6. Life

    Darwin’s Evolution

    Darwin's life and his contribution to science.

    By Tom Siegfried
  7. Health & Medicine

    Nongene DNA boosts AIDS risk

    People with a newly discovered genetic variation are more vulnerable to HIV infection.

    By Patrick Barry
  8. Animals

    Antibiotic Alligator: Promising proteins lurk in reptile blood

    Scientists are zeroing in on alligator blood proteins that show promise for fighting disease-causing microbes.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  9. Health & Medicine

    Stomaching diabetes

    A new way to treat diabetes could recruit cells in the gut to make insulin when the pancreas can’t.

    By Patrick Barry
  10. Health & Medicine

    Let there be light

    Researchers report restoring vision to people with a rare, genetic form of blindness. A different technique helped blind mice see again and could bring back some sight in people with macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa or other blinding diseases.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  11. 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
  12. 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