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6,261 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    A medical mystery reveals a new host for the rat lungworm parasite

    Doctors report that A. cantonensis was transmitted to two people who ate raw centipedes, but you can get it from other creatures as well.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Human study supports theory on why dengue can be worse the next time around

    The amount of dengue antibodies leftover in the blood may up the chances of a severe second dengue infection, a study finds.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Zika could one day help combat deadly brain cancer

    The Zika virus targets cells that cause glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, studies in human cells and mice show.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Cancer cells engineered with CRISPR slay their own kin

    Scientists can program the stealth cells to die before creating new tumors.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Lisa Manning describes the physics of how cells move

    Physicist Lisa Manning probes how physical forces influence cell behavior in asthma and other conditions.

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  6. Environment

    Engineers are plugging holes in drinking water treatment

    Drinking water quality has come a long way in the past hundred years — but challenges remain.

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  7. Chemistry

    Chemistry Nobel Prize goes to 3-D snapshots of life’s atomic details

    An imaging technique that gives up-close 3-D views of proteins is honored in this year's chemistry Nobel Prize.

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  8. Physics

    Dazzling laser feats earn these physicists a Nobel

    The 2018 Nobel Prize in physics went to scientists — including the third-ever female winner — who made optical tweezers and boosted the strength of laser pulses.

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  9. Life

    Chronic flu patients could be an early warning system for future outbreaks

    Cancer patients’ long-term flu infections may preview future viruses.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Common virus may be celiac disease culprit

    A common virus may turn the immune system against gluten, leading to the development of celiac disease.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Cows produce powerful HIV antibodies

    For the first time in any animal, researchers elicit broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV. Cows’ antibodies could help with drug development.

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  12. Genetics

    50 years ago, synthetic DNA made its debut

    Synthetic DNA has come a long way since it arrived on the scene half a century ago.

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