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Team discovers new form of virus reproduction
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Team discovers new form of virus reproduction

Each small step that science takes to discover how viruses infect cells is always very valuable to researchers and society, since it provides relevant information to fight infections. However, the recent discovery made...

27 December, 2013
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Biomarkers of vaccine immunity identified
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Biomarkers of vaccine immunity identified

Testing the efficacy of vaccines in clinical trials takes years, even decades. Yet, challenging infections like HIV, malaria and dengue are striking today. To speed up vaccine testing, scientists at the Emory Vaccine...

27 December, 2013
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Hope for a breakthrough in AIDS research
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Hope for a breakthrough in AIDS research

In 1987, two medical researchers, Anthony Fauci and Cliff Lane, conducted the first clinical trial of an AIDS vaccine. They took the envelope that surrounds the virus and simply injected it into study participants...

20 December, 2013
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Single mutation gives virus new target
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Single mutation gives virus new target

In a new study published online in the journal PLOS Pathogens, an international team of scientists showed that by swapping a single amino acid they could change the sugar to which the human BK polyomavirus will binds on...

16 December, 2013
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Virus linked to deadly cancer rates in China
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Virus linked to deadly cancer rates in China

Medical researchers at a leading Australian university recently uncovered an alarming link between a common virus and the quadrupling of a string of deadly cancers in China, Xinhua news agency reported. The deadly Human...

13 December, 2013
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