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6,309 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    AIDS Vaccine Tests Well in Monkeys

    An experimental AIDS vaccine bolstered with two immune proteins protects rhesus monkeys from the disease even when they are exposed to a combination of simian and human immunodeficiency virus.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Striking a Better Bargain with HIV

    Because a drug frequently used to block the transmission of HIV from mother to infant may have negative consequences for the mothers, researchers are looking for inexpensive treatments that will benefit both mother and child.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Humans

    Books for Late Summer

    The writers of Science News present wide-ranging recommendations of books for readers to pack for their late-summer vacations.

    By Science News
  4. Life

    Darwin’s Evolution

    Darwin's life and his contribution to science.

    By Tom Siegfried
  5. Life

    Dining In

    A process called autophagy, is a means of self-preservation, cleansing and stress management for a cell.With their sights on fighting disease, scientists are now uncovering the mechanics that keep autophagy in balance.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  6. Health & Medicine

    Malaria vaccine waylays parasite in liver

    A new malaria vaccine tested in chimpanzees spurs an immune response against the parasite as it passes through the liver, halting it in most cases before it can get into the bloodstream and cause symptoms of the disease.

    By Nathan Seppa

  7. Do Antibodies Pack a Deadly Punch?

    These immune molecules may directly kill, not just tag, microbes.

    By John Travis
  8. Health & Medicine

    Gene therapy might keep arteries open

    Tiny steel-mesh tubes coated with a DNA-containing polymer could prevent arteries from becoming reclogged after cardiovascular treatment.

    By Laura Sivitz
  9. Earth

    Problems with eradicating polio

    The oral vaccine's live but attenuated virus may in rare cases revert to the disease-causing form, which can then turn up in natural waters even in regions now certified free of the wild-type virus.

    By Janet Raloff
  10. Earth

    Infectious stowaways

    A new study finds that ballast water can move huge quantities of cholera germs and other microbes between ports around the globe.

    By Janet Raloff
  11. Health & Medicine

    Vaccine protects monkeys from Ebola virus

    A combination of a DNA vaccine and a vaccine based on a genetically modified common cold virus enables monkeys to resist Ebola virus, the first evidence that an Ebola vaccine works in primates.

    By Nathan Seppa
  12. Materials Science

    One-Upping Nature’s Materials

    Striving for designer substances that build themselves from individual molecules.

    By Jessica Gorman