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Norovirus close-ups might help fight stomach flu

Detailed views of a common stomach virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea could aid vaccine and disinfectant development.

By Tina Hesman Saey | 10:00am, June 17, 2019

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Cells

News | Cells

Key parts of a fruit fly’s genetic makeup have finally been decoded

By Tina Hesman Saey | 12:05pm, May 17, 2019

News | Cells

Resurrecting woolly mammoth cells is hard to do

By Tina Hesman Saey | 7:00am, March 18, 2019

50 Years Ago | Cells

50 years ago, doctors lamented a dearth of organ donors

By Maria Temming | 6:00am, March 12, 2019
Development

News | Development

Tweaking one gene with CRISPR switched the way a snail shell spirals

By Tina Hesman Saey | 7:00am, May 14, 2019

News | Development

Slow sperm may fail at crashing ‘gates’ on their way to an egg

By Aimee Cunningham | 2:49pm, February 13, 2019

News in Brief | Development

A protein in mosquito eggshells could be the insects’ Achilles’ heel

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:00pm, January 08, 2019
Epigenetics

News | Epigenetics

Teens born from assisted pregnancies may have higher blood pressure

By Aimee Cunningham | 6:00am, September 05, 2018

News | Epigenetics

Genes could record forensic clues to time of death

By Erika Engelhaupt | 5:12pm, February 13, 2018

News | Epigenetics

How bearded dragons switch their sex

By Laurel Hamers | 2:07pm, June 14, 2017
Genetics

News | Genetics

Genealogy companies could struggle to keep clients’ data from police

By Tina Hesman Saey | 12:00pm, June 10, 2019

News in Brief | Genetics

DNA reveals ancient Siberians who set the stage for the first Americans

By Bruce Bower | 12:00pm, June 07, 2019

News in Brief | Genetics

Almost all healthy people harbor patches of mutated cells

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:00pm, June 06, 2019
Immune Science

Feature | Immune Science

How the battle against measles varies around the world

By Sujata Gupta | 6:00am, May 21, 2019

News | Immune Science

How allergens in pollen help plants do more than make you sneeze

By Susan Milius | 8:00am, May 19, 2019

Reviews & Previews | Immune Science

‘An Elegant Defense’ explores the immune system’s softer side

By Cassandra Willyard | 8:00am, April 23, 2019
Microbiology

News | Microbiology

Gut bacteria may change the way many drugs work in the body

By Maria Temming | 11:00am, June 03, 2019

News | Microbiology

How bacteria nearly killed by antibiotics can recover — and gain resistance

By Tina Hesman Saey | 6:00am, May 28, 2019

News | Microbiology

A gut bacteria transplant may not help you lose weight

By Tina Hesman Saey | 12:05am, May 09, 2019
Molecular Evolution

News | Molecular Evolution

Bloodthirsty bedbugs have feasted on prey for 100 million years

By Jennifer Leman | 1:47pm, May 16, 2019

News | Molecular Evolution

How emus and ostriches lost the ability to fly

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:05pm, April 04, 2019

News | Molecular Evolution

Plants engineered to always be on alert don’t grow well

By Jennifer Leman | 4:09pm, October 22, 2018
Physiology

News | Physiology

Deep-sea fishes’ eye chemistry might let them see colors in near darkness

By Susan Milius | 3:02pm, May 10, 2019

News | Physiology

Pandas’ share of protein calories from bamboo rivals wolves’ from meat

By Susan Milius | 3:22pm, May 02, 2019

News | Physiology

NASA’s Twins Study reveals effects of space on Scott Kelly’s health

By Jeremy Rehm | 3:23pm, April 11, 2019

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