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6,251 results for: Virus

  1. Health & Medicine

    Experimental vaccines protect children from hand, foot and mouth disease

    Shots prevented cases resulting from enterovirus 71.

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  2. Genetics

    Top genomes of 2013

    Scientists continue to decode the genetic blueprints of the planet’s myriad flora and fauna.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Inactivated virus shows promise against HIV

    Some patients getting an experimental vaccine therapy developed immunity.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Urine is not sterile, and neither is the rest of you

    Despite what the Internet says, urine does contain bacteria, a new study finds. And so does your brain, the womb, and pretty much everywhere else.

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  5. Life

    Gene therapy treats children with rare diseases

    Six kids are healthy, up to three years after treatment.

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  6. Microbes

    Microbes can redeem themselves to fight disease

    With some genetic engineering, bacteria can morph from bad to good and help attack invading cancer cells.

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  7. Science & Society

    HeLa genome offers clues to cells’ cancerous nature

    The genetic sequence is published along with an agreement to protect the privacy of the family of the cells’ provider, Henrietta Lacks.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Bird flu infects three in China

    The H7N9 influenza virus has sickened three people, killing two, in first known human infections.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Hepatitis C drug goes after patients’ RNA

    An experimental medicine that targets a type of RNA in the liver leads to reduced virus levels in patients.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Bee venom component might offer HIV protection

    A toxin delivered by nanoparticles stops the virus in a lab study.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Dog dust may benefit infant immune systems

    Microbes from pet-owning houses protected mice against allergy, infection.

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  12. Genetics

    Monkeys born with edited genes

    A DNA-snipping technique inspired by bacteria shows therapeutic promise.

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