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6,251 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    Getting dengue first may make Zika infection much worse

    Experiments in cells and mice suggest that a previous exposure to dengue or West Nile can make a Zika virus infection worse.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Humans

    How to build a human brain

    Organoids, made from human stem cells, are growing into brains and other miniorgans to help researchers study development

    By Ingfei Chen
  3. Genetics

    The Zika epidemic began long before anyone noticed

    Zika spread undetected into Brazil and Florida, a genetic study suggests.

    By Laura Beil
  4. Ecosystems

    Zika virus ‘spillback’ into primates raises risk of future human outbreaks

    Spillback of Zika virus into monkeys may complicate eradication efforts.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Life

    Rapid Ebola test to detect early infection in the works

    Scientists are developing highly specific antibodies to detect Ebola sooner.

    By Laurel Hamers
  6. Health & Medicine

    Oldest traces of smallpox virus found in child mummy

    The oldest genetic evidence of smallpox comes from variola virus DNA found in a child mummy buried in a church crypt in Lithuania.

    By Meghan Rosen
  7. Life

    How to make organ transplants last

    New strategies aim to help transplant recipients keep their organs healthy with fewer (or no) immune suppressing drugs.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  8. Health & Medicine

    FDA approves gene therapy to treat a rare cancer

    The Food and Drug Administration has approved Kymriah to treat a rare cancer. It’s the first-ever gene therapy approved in the United States.

    By Science News Staff
  9. Health & Medicine

    Frog slime protein fights off the flu

    Urumin, a protein found in Indian frog mucus secretions, has a knack for taking down H1 flu viruses, a new study finds.

    By Helen Thompson
  10. Health & Medicine

    Frog slime protein fights off the flu

    Urumin, a protein found in Indian frog mucus secretions, has a knack for taking down H1 flu viruses, a new study finds.

    By Helen Thompson
  11. Life

    Virus triggers immune proteins to aid enemy

    Virus-fighting proteins in the immune system can sometimes help out their targets instead.

    By Laurel Hamers
  12. Animals

    50 years ago, U.S. fell short on mosquito eradication

    Researchers boldly predicted mosquitoes’ demise 50 years ago. They never came close.

    By Cassie Martin