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6,285 results for: Virus

  1. 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.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Health & Medicine

    Birth control research is moving beyond the pill

    After decades of research, reproductive biologists are on the verge of developing new birth control options that stop sperm from maturing or save a woman's eggs for later.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  3. Life

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

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

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Animals

    Ticks are here to stay. But scientists are finding ways to outsmart them

    Researchers acknowledge that there’s no getting rid of ticks, so they are developing ways to make them less dangerous.

    By Susan Milius
  5. Health & Medicine

    Protein in Parkinson’s provokes the immune system

    The immune system recognizes parts of a protein linked to Parkinson’s disease as foreign, triggering an autoimmune response.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  6. Life

    When it comes to the flu, the nose has a long memory

    Mice noses have specialty immune cells with long memories.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  7. Life

    Scientists spy on the secret inner life of bacteria

    New images reveal the inner workings of bacteria.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  8. Genetics

    The Zika epidemic began long before anyone noticed

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

    By Laura Beil
  9. Genetics

    Jumping genes play a big role in what makes us human

    Jumping genes have been a powerful force in human evolution.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  10. Animals

    In Florida, they’re fighting mosquitoes by meddling with their sex lives

    As an alternative to genetically modified mosquitoes, Florida skeeter police are testing one of two strategies that use bacteria to meddle with insect sex lives.

    By Susan Milius
  11. 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
  12. Health & Medicine

    Zika hides out in body’s hard-to-reach spots

    Zika virus sticks around in the central nervous system and lymph nodes of monkeys.

    By Laurel Hamers