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6,261 results for: Virus

  1. Animals

    Jungle Genes: First bird genome is decoded

    Researchers have unveiled a draft of the first bird genome to be sequenced, a vintage chicken.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Antiviral Advance: Drug disables enzyme from hepatitis C virus

    A new drug prevents the replication of the hepatitis C virus.

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  3. Uganda shows strong gains in war on AIDS

    Uganda has shown remarkable progress against HIV, the AIDS virus.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    ‘Harmless’ Alga Indicted for Mussel Poisoning

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

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  5. Materials Science

    Nanowires grow on viral templates

    Researchers are using viruses to assemble semiconducting nanowires—the building blocks of future electronic circuits.

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  6. Tech

    Special Treatment

    Researchers are developing nanosize metallic particles that can break down soil and groundwater contaminants faster and more cheaply than any other existing technology.

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  7. Humans

    Letters

    Letters from the Jan. 31, 2004, issue of Science News.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Better-Off Circumcised? Foreskin may permit HIV entry, infection

    Circumcision seems to offer partial protection against HIV infection, but not other sexually transmitted diseases.

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  9. Materials Science

    Savvy Sieve: Carbon nanotubes filter petroleum, polluted water

    A filter made out of carbon nanotubes has potential for such applications as processing crude oil and decontaminating drinking water.

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  10. The good side of a viral infection?

    Hepatitis A infections may protect people from allergies and asthma.

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  11. Full Stem Ahead

    Before stem cells can fulfill the promise of treating deadly diseases, problems with the cells' biology and government regulations limiting their use must be solved.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    First Viruses, Now Tumors: AIDS drug shows promise against brain cancers

    A potential AIDS drug may also slow the growth of deadly brain tumors.

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