Tag: viruses
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Mosquitoes, This Time It Is War
The Zika virus, which is spreading like wildfire throughout the Americas and is linked to a head-shrinking birth defect called microcephaly, is just the latest in a long list of mosquito-transmitted diseases that make the insects the world’s deadliest animal. It is time to launch a global initiative to eradicate them. Read the rest at USA…
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Your Viral History in a Drop of Blood
A giant leap forward for personalized medicine.
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A Very Strange Lemon-Shaped Virus
Viruses are among the weirdest things on the planet.
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‘Cold Plasma’ Kills Off Norovirus
Norovirus, the most common cause of gastroenteritis in the world, can be killed with “cold plasma,” researchers in Germany have reported. The virus, which elicits vomiting and diarrhea, has gained international notoriety for causing outbreaks on cruise ships. Continue reading at BBC News.
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Mom Was Right: Catching Cold in the Cold
This research hints that keeping your nasal cavity warm might be an effective way to prevent rhinovirus infection. Maybe Mom was right, after all.
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Simmer Down: Viruses Not ‘Fourth Domain’ of Life
Considering viruses to be a fourth domain would unnecessarily complicate evolutionary biology.
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30,000-Year-Old Virus Revived, Infects Amoeba
After poking around in the Siberian permafrost, a team of French and Russian scientists have reported the discovery of a third giant amoeba-infecting virus.
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Microbial Warfare: Anthrax Assassin
A DEAD zebra in the open savannah of Namibia’s Etosha National Park would be an off-putting encounter for most people. But for Holly Ganz of the University of California, Davis and an international team of researchers, the striped ungulate’s carcass reeked of opportunity. Read the rest at The Economist.
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Sit Down. We Need to Talk About Norovirus
Be thankful you live a country that has good medical care.