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Ebola virus hides out in brain

Monkeys treated with monoclonal antibodies fully recovered, but infection recurred The Ebola virus can hide in the brains of monkeys that have recovered after medical treatment without causing symptoms and lead to...

18 April, 2022
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Study: Infectious diseases can make you dumber
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Study: Infectious diseases can make you dumber

Troubling new research suggests infections can impair your cognitive ability, as measured by IQ tests. The Danish study, published in the Public Library of Science journal PLOS ONE, is the largest of its kind to show a...

28 May, 2015
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Some brain cells are better virus fighters
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Some brain cells are better virus fighters

Viruses often spread through the brain in patchwork patterns, infecting some cells but missing others. New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis helps explain why. The scientists showed that...

13 March, 2013
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