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6,190 results for: Virus

  1. Tech

    DNA used as rewritable data storage in cells

    Genetically encoded memory could track cell division inside the body.

    By Alexandra Witze
  2. Life

    Stopping a real-life ‘Contagion’

    An antibody treatment fends off the lethal Hendra virus in monkeys and may also work against the equally dangerous Nipah virus.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Gene therapy helps counter hemophilia B

    Treatment enables cells to produce a key blood-clotting compound, allowing some patients to quit medication.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Bird flu leaves tracks in brain

    H5N1 infection might make survivors vulnerable to Parkinson’s or other neurological disorders, a study in mice indicates.

    By Laura Sanders

  5. 2012 AAAS Meeting

    Highlights from the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Vancouver, February 16-20.

    By Science News
  6. Genetics

    Crosses make lab mice even more useful

    Scientists have bred new strains of lab animals with the goal of making it easier to tease out genetic components of complex diseases.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  7. Life

    Common virus may ride up nose to brain

    Almost everyone is infected, but in some people a widespread herpes bug appears to reach the central nervous system by an olfactory route.

    By Laura Sanders

  8. Letters

    Redesigning flu mortality In “Designer flu” (SN: 6/2/12, p. 20), researcher Michael Osterholmis quoted as saying that even if the actual kill rate of H5N1 is 20 times lower than the current estimate of 59 percent, H5N1 would still have a mortality rate that “far exceeds” that of the 1918 flu. Wikipedia gives a 1918 […]

    By Science News

  9. SN Online

    SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC BLOG A court orders FDA hearings on livestock drugs. See “Growth-promoting antibiotics: On the way out?” Jason Brougham/Univ. of Texas LIFE A birdlike dinosaur (illustrated below) was iridescent. Read “Microraptor’s true blue colors.” ENVIRONMENT Deep corals were harmed by the BP spill. Learn more in “The farther the better for corals […]

    By Science News

  10. Book Review: A Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer

    Review by Tina Hesman Saey.

    By Science News
  11. Science & Society

    90th Anniversary Issue: 1950s

    DNA's structure revealed and other highlights, 1950–59

    By Science News
  12. Life

    2012 medicine Nobel honors research on reprogramming adult cells

    John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka share this year's prize.

    By Tina Hesman Saey