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6,304 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    Antibodies fight Ebola virus in mouse test

    Specially designed antibodies can thwart Ebola virus in mice by binding to a glycoprotein on the surface of virus-infected cells, suggesting a potential treatment for the lethal disease.

    By Nathan Seppa

  2. Is that salamander virus flying?

    Scientists searching for the carrier of the iridovirus causing a salamander disease have dismissed frogs and fish, but not birds.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Health & Medicine

    HIV sexual spread exploits immune sentinels

    The virus that causes AIDS latches onto a protein called DC-SIGN to hitch a ride on immune cells in mucus membranes and spread through the body.

    By John Travis
  4. Humans

    Message in DNA tops Science Talent Search

    A project on encrypting words within a strand of DNA won the top prize at the Intel Science Talent Search.

    By John Travis
  5. Health & Medicine

    Pig-cell grafts ease symptoms of Parkinson’s

    Pig brain cells transplanted into the brains of patients with advanced Parkinson's disease help some of the patients regain mobility and the ability to do basic tasks.

    By Nathan Seppa

  6. Hey, we’re richer than we thought!

    The latest inventory of life in the United States has turned up an extra 100,000 species of plants, animals, and fungi.

    By Susan Milius
  7. Health & Medicine

    From rabies virus to anti-HIV vaccine

    Researchers working with mice are trying to fashion an HIV vaccine by using a weakened rabies virus to bring an HIV glycoprotein to the attention of the immune system.

    By Nathan Seppa

  8. Trashed proteins may help immune system

    Up to 30 percent of a cell's proteins get recycled as soon as they roll off the cellular assembly line.

    By John Travis
  9. Health & Medicine

    Taking a Break

    Can interrupting their treatment benefit HIV-infected people?

    By Damaris Christensen

  10. The Meaning of Life

    Computers are unscrambling genomes to reveal the secrets in DNA codes.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  11. Health & Medicine

    New gene-therapy techniques show potential

    Two technologies for transferring genes, one that uses mobile DNA called transposons and another that uses a weak virus, have proved successful in overcoming genetic disorders in mice.

    By Nathan Seppa
  12. Health & Medicine

    Bats may spread new Malaysian virus

    A Nipah virus outbreak in Malaysia may have started when bats spread disease to pigs.

    By Nathan Seppa