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6,282 results for: Virus

  1. Life

    H7N9 flu still better adapted to infect birds over humans

    The proteins from the avian flu appear better suited for attaching to bird, not human, molecules.

    By Ashley Yeager
  2. Health & Medicine

    Mutated H7N9 strain is drug resistant, spreadable

    By Ashley Yeager
  3. 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.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Papillomavirus infections spike in sunny months

    Getting sun could increase vulnerability to a sexually transmitted virus that may lead to cervical cancer.

    By Ben Harder
  5. Health & Medicine

    SARS vaccine tests well in mouse model

    Scientists have developed a DNA vaccine that stops the SARS infection in mice.

    By Nathan Seppa
  6. Materials Science

    Crafty Carriers: Armoring vesicles for more precise and reliable drug delivery

    Materials scientists are designing tough, microscopic drug-delivery vesicles that could reach their targets intact and release their cargoes on cue.

    By Alexandra Goho

  7. Uganda shows strong gains in war on AIDS

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

    By Nathan Seppa
  8. Health & Medicine

    Hepatitis C drugs are less effective in black patients

    A standard drug combination for hepatitis C is less likely to knock out the virus in blacks than in whites.

    By Nathan Seppa
  9. Physics

    Teleporting Matter’s Traits: Beaming information quantum-style

    Physicists have transferred a quantum state from one atom to another by manipulating a mysterious, atom-to-atom quantum link called entanglement.

    By Peter Weiss

  10. Bubble Trouble: Mad cow proteins may hitch a ride between cells

    Prions, the proteins behind mad cow disease, may travel between cells in bubbles called exosomes.

    By John Travis
  11. Chemistry

    Connection blocker may stop viruses

    Using compounds that disrupt the interface of two viral proteins might present a novel strategy for combating viruses, a study of herpes suggests.

    By Nathan Seppa
  12. Health & Medicine

    SARS Control: First nasal vaccine effective in monkeys

    An experimental SARS vaccine, tested in monkeys, can be administered directly to the respiratory tract and requires only a single dose to confer immunity.

    By Carrie Lock