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Vaccine candidate supports immunity where it matters most

Almost all infections make us sick by getting past our first line of defense – the sticky mucous surfaces that line our mouths, our eyes, our lungs and our guts. Once through, it’s up to the immune cells that...

2 November, 2015

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How flu viruses gain the ability to spread

New study reveals the soft palate is a key site for evolution of airborne transmissibility. Flu viruses come in many strains, and some are better equipped than others to spread from person to person. Scientists have now...

2 November, 2015

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Ebola study finds women in Guinea who appear immune to the virus

Scientists studying survivors of recent outbreak in west Africa say some women never contracted the virus despite having Ebola antibodies A study of Ebola survivors in west Africa has found a group of women who appear...

19 October, 2015

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Formula for vaccines against all hemorrhagic viruses developed

For the second week in a row since the most recent Ebola epidemic began in March 2014, the World Health Organization says no new cases of the disease have been reported in West Africa, according to a WHO Ebola Situation...

19 October, 2015

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NIH researchers find role for soft palate in adaptation of transmissible influenza viruses

National Institutes of Health scientists and their colleagues identified a previously unappreciated role for the soft palate during research to better understand how influenza (flu) viruses acquire the ability to move...

8 October, 2015

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Are viruses alive? New evidence says yes

Evolutionary history suggests they evolved from ancient cells Influenza, SARS, Ebola, HIV, the common cold. All of us are quite familiar with these names. They are viruses—a little bit of genetic material (DNA or RNA)...

2 October, 2015

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Scientists identify two genes that ‘shut down’ HIV-1 virus

An international group of researchers has identified genes that disable HIV-1, suggesting a promising new strategy for battling the virus that causes AIDS. In their two studies, the scientists found that host cell...

2 October, 2015

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New clues on the history of the smallpox vaccine virus

Smallpox – simply hearing the word evokes images of countless people suffering gruesome deaths throughout recorded history. Known scientifically as variola, the virus had 30 percent mortality rate and survivors...

2 October, 2015

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A single test could detect almost any virus

A new test that detects virtually any virus that infects people and animals has been developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, according to results published in the journal...

2 October, 2015

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Worldwide consortium reforms understanding of dengue virus

An international consortium of laboratories from around the world, all of which are studying various differences between dengue viruses, has emphasized that the understanding of dengue virus is too simplistic...

22 September, 2015

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