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6,284 results for: Virus

  1. Life

    Mild winters may shift spread of mosquito-borne illness

    By pushing insects to start biting mammals earlier in the year, warmer cold months could increase the transmission of a brain virus affecting people and horses.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Life

    Tracking the viral link to lymphoma

    A mutation in an anticancer gene in the Epstein-Barr virus may account for some of its malignant effect, research shows.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Life

    Virus proves protective against lupus in mice

    A mouse version of Epstein-Barr seems to prevent, not trigger, symptoms of the autoimmune disease.

    By Rebecca Cheung
  4. Life

    Controversial flu research published

    One of two papers detailing airborne H5N1 experiments is released.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Tech

    DNA used as rewritable data storage in cells

    Genetically encoded memory could track cell division inside the body.

    By Alexandra Witze
  6. Life

    Invasive mite worsens honeybee viruses

    Once-obscure deformed wing virus swept to prominence in honeybee colonies in Hawaiian islands as invasive pest arrived.

    By Susan Milius
  7. Health & Medicine

    Like a prion, Alzheimer’s protein seeds itself in the brain

    Injecting amyloid-beta into mice may induce misfolding of native amyloid-beta molecules, leading to the buildup associated with the neuron-killing disease.

    By Laura Sanders
  8. Life

    Second of two blocked flu papers released

    Held back for months by a U.S. government biosafety board, the research pinpoints five mutations that render the potent H5N1 virus transmissible through air.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  9. Humans

    Afghanistan on 240 incidents a week

    A computer simulation forecasts insurgent activity by analyzing U.S. military logs released on WikiLeaks.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  10. Health & Medicine

    Male circumcision tied to lower HIV prevalence

    Clinical programs in eastern and southern Africa also seem to be changing people’s views on the operation.

    By Nathan Seppa
  11. Life

    Genome of a fruit besieged

    The banana genome has been unpeeled. The genetic makeup of Musa acuminata, a fertile banana species that gave rise to the seedless Cavendish and other clonal varieties people eat today, sheds light on the plant’s evolutionary history and ripening process. This information may also help researchers boost the crop’s resistance to fungal and viral pathogens […]

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  12. Health & Medicine

    19th International AIDS Conference

    Highlights from the AIDS meeting, July 22-27, Washington, D.C.

    By Science News