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6,251 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    Gene therapy cures blindness in dogs

    Gene therapy to replace a defective RPE65 gene succeeds in bringing sight to three blind dogs, suggesting such therapy might reverse Leber congenital amauosis, a rare condition in which children are blind from birth.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Vaccine may prevent some cervical cancers

    A new vaccine spurs people to produce a strong immune response against human papillomavirus, a virus that can infect both men and women and causes cervical cancer in women.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Anti-HIV mutation poses hepatitis risk

    A genetic mutation that protects people from AIDS may also make them susceptible to hepatitis C.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Drink Those Antioxidants

    Mention antioxidants and most people will immediately think of vitamins–typically C and E–usually in the form of mega-dose capsules available at the local drug store. However, a new study finds that many common beverages also deliver a healthy antioxidant serving. R. Savidge These beverages may give some protection against the ravages of oxidizing chemicals that […]

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  5. Physics

    New probe zooms in on midgets of magnetism

    A new microscope for peering at magnetic materials provides the first glimpses of how such materials behave on a scale of only tens of atoms.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Some HIV patients getting transplants

    Organ transplants succeed in some HIV-infected people, spurring further research into this practice.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Busting the Gut Busters

    Scientists are uncovering a cache of specialized weaponry used by bacteria that can spear holes in the intestine, perforate it, force it to change shape, and then spew toxins that attack other organs.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Immunity’s Eyes

    Proteins called toll-like receptors allow human immune cells to detect microbes.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Vaccine Verity

    Widely publicized concerns about vaccination leading to autism, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes have not been borne out by research.

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  10. Science News of the Year 2001

    A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2001.

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  11. Do bacteria swap genes in deadly game?

    The genome of a toxic Escherichia coli strain shows that the pathogen had picked up chunks of DNA from unrelated, ineffective bacteria, acquiring unpleasant traits that can send people to the hospital.

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  12. Animal Whodunit, Medical Mystery

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