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6,260 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    Zika may not be the only virus of its kind that can damage a fetus

    Zika may not be alone among flaviviruses in its ability to harm a developing fetus, a new study in mice finds.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    What we know about the Ebola outbreak, and the vaccine that might help

    Even as an experimental vaccine arrives in Congo to contain the virus, there are worrisome signs Ebola has spread to a city.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    A new implant uses light to control overactive bladders

    Experiments in rats show that a new soft device could help alleviate frequent, sudden urges to urinate.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    New twist on a flu vaccine revs up the body’s army of virus killers

    A new approach to flu vaccine development makes influenza virus extra sensitive to a powerful antiviral system.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Scientists are tracking how the flu moves through a college campus

    Researchers are following the spread of viruses and illness among students in a cluster of University of Maryland dorms to learn more about how the bugs infect.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Zika cases are down, but researchers prepare for the virus’s return

    The number of Zika cases in the Western Hemisphere have dropped this year, but the need for basic scientific and public health research of the virus remains strong.

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  7. Chemistry

    Speeding up evolution to create useful proteins wins the chemistry Nobel

    The three winners, which include the fifth woman to win the chemistry prize, pioneered techniques used to fashion customized proteins for new biofuels and drugs.

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  8. Genetics

    The researcher who created CRISPR twins defends his work but fails to quell controversy

    After getting a glimpse of data behind the birth of the first gene-edited babies, many scientists question the study’s ethics and medical necessity.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Newer drugs make hepatitis C-positive kidneys safe for transplant

    People without hepatitis C did not contract the disease after receiving successful transplants of infected kidneys along with newer antiviral drugs.

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  10. Neuroscience

    Some flu strains can make mice forgetful

    Mice infected with influenza had memory problems a month later, a result that hints at a link between infections and brain performance.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    50 years on, vaccines have eliminated measles from the Americas

    Thanks to high vaccination rates, measles has mostly disappeared from the Americas.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    How strep throat may spark OCD and anxiety in some kids

    A potential link between strep throat and sudden mental disorders in children raises questions about how infections can alter the brain.

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