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6,285 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    Good day care grime

    A study of 952 children in Manchester, England, suggests that children going to day care starting at age 6 months could be less likely to develop asthma later.

    By Patrick Barry
  2. Materials Science

    A killer paint job

    New findings suggest that nanotechnology paints for walls, ceilings and surfaces could one day be used to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitals.

    By Dina Fine Maron
  3. Life

    Safer creation of stem cells

    A new technique for converting adult cells to stem cells avoids dangerous mutations in cell DNA

    By Patrick Barry

  4. Gene therapy tool would target free radicals

    New method would make the most of the balance between the good and bad of free radicals, offering a potential treatment for cardiovascular diseases.

    By Patrick Barry
  5. Health & Medicine

    Nobel Prize in medicine given for HIV, HPV discoveries

    Three Europeans recognized for linking viruses to AIDS, cervical cancer.

    By Nathan Seppa
  6. Health & Medicine

    Flu shot in pregnancy protects newborns

    Mothers-to-be impart antibodies to offspring that pay dividends later

    By Nathan Seppa
  7. Health & Medicine

    Simple dietary supplements could help stave off AIDS

    Many people newly infected with HIV stayed healthy on regimen involving multivitamins and selenium.

    By Nathan Seppa
  8. Science & Society

    Top 25 stories of 2013, from microbes to meteorites

    This year, careful readers may have noticed a steady accumulation of revelations about the bacterial communities that call the human body home.

    By Matt Crenson
  9. Life

    Dietary changes affect gut microbes within a day

    Menu restricted to meat, egg and cheese alters bacterial mix more than eating only plants.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  10. Life

    Year in Review: Your body is mostly microbes

    Microbiome results argue for new view of animals as superorganisms.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  11. Life

    Year in Review: A double dose of virus scares

    Outbreaks of two deadly viruses captured the world’s attention in 2013, but neither turned into the global pandemic expected to strike one of these years.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  12. Microbes

    Virus-thwarting mosquitoes decline on Vietnamese island

    Scientists plan to release second generation of mosquitoes that stop the spread of dengue fever.

    By Beth Mole