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6,291 results for: Virus
- Health & Medicine
Spotting newborns at risk of hearing loss
Testing for cytomegalovirus in saliva of infants can identify those harboring the virus, a new study shows.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
No link between viral suspect and chronic fatigue, plus reading minds, colored glasses for migraines and more in this week’s news.
- Life
Genes & Cells
European scientists object to genetic testing, plus triggers for Alzheimer’s and asthma in this week’s news.
- Life
New gene therapy fixes mistakes
For the first time scientists have repaired a damaged gene in a living mouse.
- Life
Tasmanian devil genomes offer some hope, few answers
While clues to combating the infectious cancer that's threatening the species remain elusive, the completion of two genetic blueprints reveals a low but stable genetic diversity.
- Math
Varying efficacy of HIV drug cocktails explained
Steepness of slope in dose-response curve tips off researchers to importance of timing in virus’s life cycle.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
The brain sleeps in shifts, plus thinking better with folate, how brains feel the beat and more in this week's news.
- Life
Genes & Cells
Family ties in memory and breast cancer, plus diagnosing ancient deaths and more in this week’s news.
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- 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.
- Health & Medicine
Studies shed light on Ebola’s M.O.
New findings reveal a key step in how the deadly virus infects cells — and identify compounds that may thwart it.
- Life
Genes may explain who gets sick from flu
People who stay well even after being exposed to the flu have a strong immune reaction to the virus, but in exactly the opposite way as those who get sick.
