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6,244 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    Microbicide thwarts AIDS virus in monkey test

    A microbicidal gel applied vaginally prevents some transmission of the AIDS virus in monkeys.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Edible vaccine spawns antibodies to virus

    Genetically engineered potatoes can deliver an edible vaccine against Norwalk virus, a common diarrhea-causing pathogen.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Sweet Treatment for SARS

    Since severe acute respiratory syndrome–or SARS–burst on the scene this past March, physicians have reported more than 8,400 cases worldwide. The flulike lung disease appears to have emerged in mainland China, where officials have acknowledged 7,083 cases so far. In the future, people with the intense flu- and pneumonia-like symptoms of SARS could find relief […]

    By Janet Raloff
  4. Health & Medicine

    Lethal Emergence: Tracing the rise of dengue fever in the Americas

    Using the genetics of viruses, scientists have tracked a virulent form of dengue virus in Latin America back to its roots in India.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Materials Science

    Microbial Materials

    Microorganisms can be coaxed into producing high-tech components and can themselves serve as valuable ingredients in new classes of materials.

    By Jessica Gorman
  6. Health & Medicine

    Viral protein could help liver therapy

    Researchers have developed a method of delivering gene therapies to targeted cells that makes use of viral proteins rather than whole virus particles.

    By Ben Harder

  7. Out of China: SARS virus’ genome hints at independent evolution

    The newly identified SARS virus is the product of a long and private evolutionary history, clues from its genome suggest.

    By Ben Harder
  8. Health & Medicine

    Checkmate for a Child-Killer?

    If a new generation of vaccines pans out, the days of rotavirus, which kills at least 450,000 infants and children every year by causing severe diarrhea, may be numbered.

    By Ben Harder
  9. Humans

    Letters

    Letters from the Nov. 15, 2003, issue of Science News.

    By Science News
  10. Health & Medicine

    Can poliovirus fix spinal cord damage?

    Scientists have devised a version of the poliovirus that can deliver genes to motor neurons without harming them, a step toward a gene therapy that reawakens idle neurons in people with spinal cord damage.

    By Nathan Seppa
  11. Tech

    Special Delivery: Metallic nanorods shuttle genes

    A new gene therapy technique relies on nanorods made of gold and nickel to deliver genes to cells in the body.

    By Alexandra Goho
  12. Health & Medicine

    Protective virus ties up HIV docking sites

    A harmless virus that seems to keep HIV infections from progressing to AIDS appears to do so by occupying key molecular receptors on immune cells.

    By Nathan Seppa