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Ebola has no cure or vaccine
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Ebola has no cure or vaccine

The first two cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Liberia, after spreading from neighbouring Guinea, where the deadly virus has killed 78 people. The two Liberian cases are sisters, one of whom had recently returned...

1 April, 2014
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Dengue virus becomes more dangerous
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Dengue virus becomes more dangerous

The dengue virus has adapted. No longer does the virus breed only in freshwater bodies. Recent samples have shown it multiplying even in sewage puddles abundant across Karachi. In the two-room dengue surveillance cell...

28 March, 2014
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Drugs fail to reawaken dormant HIV infection
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Drugs fail to reawaken dormant HIV infection

Scientists at Johns Hopkins report that compounds they hoped would “wake up” dormant reservoirs of HIV inside immune system T cells — a strategy designed to reverse latency and make the cells vulnerable to...

24 March, 2014
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Virus that caused flu pandemic dominates again
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Virus that caused flu pandemic dominates again

Young adults, beware. The swine flu responsible for the pandemic five years ago is once again the dominant strain in North America. This doesn’t mean we are in the midst of another swine flu pandemic, but it does...

6 March, 2014
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New vaccine design holds potential
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New vaccine design holds potential

Research out of the University of Michigan and Purdue University has found an important aspect of how both the dengue virus and West Nile virus replicate in their host cells. The scientists believe this will lead to a...

26 February, 2014
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