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6,251 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    How the body rubs out West Nile virus

    Tests in mice show how the immune system tracks down cells infected with West Nile virus, findings that might explain why some old people fare worst from the virus.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    How herpes re-rears its ugly head

    Researchers identify a key player in the reactivation of herpes simplex virus type 1.

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  3. Chemistry

    Tiny molecules walk the track

    Researchers design synthetic “walking” molecules that may one day haul cargo in artificial micromachines.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Smallpox — The Death of a Disease

    The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer, by D.A. Henderson.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Bacteria flourish in favorite ecosystems on the human body

    Study offers most comprehensive inventory yet of the human microbiome and a basis for understanding how those microbes affect health.

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  6. Tech

    Bias, quakes and viruses, oh my!

    Researchers present findings at the annual New Horizons in Science meeting.

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  7. From the infectious diseases meeting: What’s with the vaccine-o-phobia?

    Science News writer Nathan Seppa talks with physicians about people opting out of vaccinations.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Excreted Tamiflu found in rivers

    A Japanese study finds that excreted Tamiflu ends up in river water, raising concerns that birds hosting a flu virus will develop drug-resistant strains.

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  9. Life

    Viruses rewritten

    Scientists could create wimpy versions of real viruses to develop vaccines for emerging diseases.

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  10. Rust Never Sleeps

    A new flare-up in an age-old battle between wheat and a fungal killer.

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  11. Humans

    2009 Science News of the Year: Science & Society

    Activists plead for a new agreement during the 2007 U.N. Climate Change Conference. Credit: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Leaders warm to climate action Throughout the year, global leaders used various summits around the world to declare their intention to take firm, though often unilateral, action to reduce their nations’ carbon footprints. In December, negotiators from more […]

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  12. Health & Medicine

    New weapon fights hepatitis C

    Taking the experimental drug telaprevir with standard medications for hepatitis C clears the virus from patients’ blood better than the standard combination alone.

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