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6,286 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    The Beef about UTIs

    Antibiotic-resistant infections that affect some women may have been contracted from infected meat.

    By Christen Brownlee
  2. Health & Medicine

    ‘Harmless’ Alga Indicted for Mussel Poisoning

    A common algal species turns out to be a serious food-poisoning agent.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Tech

    A turkey’s wattle inspires a biosensor’s design

    A group of scientists from the University of California, Berkeley have developed a color-changing biosensor inspired by a turkey’s wattle.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  4. Health & Medicine

    Fast Start: Sex readily spreads HIV in infection’s first weeks

    People with HIV are many times more infectious to their sexual partners in the weeks or months just after they acquire the virus than they are later on, a study in Uganda demonstrates conclusively.

    By Ben Harder
  5. Health & Medicine

    Licorice ingredient ferrets out herpes

    A compound in licorice homes in on lab-grown cells infected with a herpes virus and induces them to self-destruct.

    By Nathan Seppa
  6. Health & Medicine

    Neuron Savers: Gene therapy slows Alzheimer’s disease

    Putting extra copies of the gene for a cellular growth factor into the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease appears to slow the degenerative condition.

    By Nathan Seppa
  7. Materials Science

    Tissue Tether: Improved conducting plastic could boost nerve-regeneration success

    Biomedical engineers aim to repair damaged nerves with a chemically modified conducting polymer that stimulates the growth of nerve cells.

    By Alexandra Goho
  8. Health & Medicine

    Vaccine Gains: Shot protects seniors from shingles flare-ups

    An experimental vaccine prevents half of all cases of shingles, a painful skin disease that typically afflicts the elderly.

    By Nathan Seppa
  9. Tech

    Sensor measures mass of one DNA molecule

    A new biosensor that can detect the mass of a single DNA molecule could lead to faster and more accurate screening for HIV infection, cancer, and other diseases.

    By Alexandra Goho
  10. Health & Medicine

    Vaccines against Marburg and Ebola viruses advance

    Two new vaccines protect against the lethal Ebola and Marburg viruses, tests in monkeys show.

    By Nathan Seppa
  11. Tech

    Tapping Tiny Pores: Nanovalves control chemical releases

    After creating arrays of nanovalves, each made from a single molecule, chemists used them to generate minuscule chemical discharges.

    By Peter Weiss
  12. Health & Medicine

    Echinacea Disappoints: There’s still no cure for the common cold

    The folk remedy echinacea shows no benefit against the common cold.

    By Nathan Seppa