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6,282 results for: Virus

  1. Hey, we’re richer than we thought!

    The latest inventory of life in the United States has turned up an extra 100,000 species of plants, animals, and fungi.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    From rabies virus to anti-HIV vaccine

    Researchers working with mice are trying to fashion an HIV vaccine by using a weakened rabies virus to bring an HIV glycoprotein to the attention of the immune system.

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  3. Trashed proteins may help immune system

    Up to 30 percent of a cell's proteins get recycled as soon as they roll off the cellular assembly line.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    New gene-therapy techniques show potential

    Two technologies for transferring genes, one that uses mobile DNA called transposons and another that uses a weak virus, have proved successful in overcoming genetic disorders in mice.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Bats may spread new Malaysian virus

    A Nipah virus outbreak in Malaysia may have started when bats spread disease to pigs.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    New inner ear hair cells grow in rat tissue

    Using a gene known to control hair-cell growth, researchers have grown hair cells in tissue taken from newborn rats' cochleas, raising hopes that inner ear damage may someday be reversible.

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  7. Computing

    ‘Love bug’ lessons

    In early May, the malicious ILOVEYOU computer virus shut down hundreds of thousands of computers and caused several billion dollars in damage.

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  8. Gene therapy grows bone in mice and rats

    A new gene therapy tested in rodents regrows bone by transforming skin and gum cells into bone-making cells or into cells that mass-produce a molecule called bone morphogenetic protein-7, which induces bone growth.

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  9. Viruses that slay bacteria draw new interest

    Bacteriophages, viruses that kill bacteria, may be able to cure seafood poisoning, decontaminate poultry, and tackle anthrax.

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  10. RNA and DNA help cells switch class

    Immune cells may tailor their genetic blueprint for antibodies through unusual RNA-DNA structures.

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  11. Pen-shaped device purifies water

    A battery-powered instrument the size and shape of a pen can quickly disinfect contaminated drinking water.

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  12. Viral enzyme tackles strep throat

    An enzyme from viruses that chew up bacteria may be a new kind of antibiotic.

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