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6,248 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    Ebola vaccine performs well in U.K. human trial

    A vaccine that protects against the Zaire strain of Ebola turns in promising preliminary results from a human trial.

    By Helen Thompson
  2. Genetics

    How to rewire the eye

    The cutting-edge technology called optogenetics may offer a workaround to partially restore vision even after the retina’s light-sensing rods and cones die.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Life

    A healthy old age may trump immortality

    Despite disagreements about what aging is and isn't, scientists have reached a radical consensus: It can be delayed.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Microbes

    Year in review: Science faces Ebola epidemic

    West Africa’s 2014 Ebola epidemic showed what can happen when a contagious virus emerges where cultural practices, public fears and porous borders fuel the spread of disease.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Health & Medicine

    Mushroom extract might eradicate HPV infection

    In a small trial, a nutritional supplement derived from shiitake mushrooms wiped out dormant human papillomavirus infections.

    By Nathan Seppa
  6. Health & Medicine

    There’s no need to panic about enterovirus

    The enterovirus behind this year’s outbreak, EV-D68, has been around for decades and generally causes mild symptoms.

    By Laura Sanders
  7. Chemistry

    Automated chemistry could build better drugs fast and cheap

    Automated molecular synthesis may win over chemists who are not convinced that more technology in drug design is better.

    By Beth Mole
  8. Earth

    Bringing mammoths back, life on early Earth and more reader feedback

    Readers debate the pros and cons of reviving extinct species, discuss the odd light-processing machinery of the eye and more.

    By Science News Staff
  9. Life

    Norovirus grown in lab, with help from bacteria

    Norovirus, famous for sickening cruise ship passengers, has finally been grown in human cells in a lab, offering scientists a chance to test new therapies.

    By Meghan Rosen
  10. Genetics

    Contagious cancer found in clams

    A soft-shell clam disease is just the third example of a contagious cancer.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  11. Life

    ZMapp drug fully protects monkeys against Ebola virus

    In a test, 18 monkeys injected with the Ebola virus and treated with an experimental drug called ZMapp survived.

    By Nathan Seppa
  12. Health & Medicine

    ‘AIDS’ gives inside view of science, politics of epidemic

    In ‘AIDS Between Science and Politics,’ pioneering HIV expert Peter Piot discusses the factors and events that shaped the epidemic.

    By Beth Mole