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Common virus associated with colon cancer
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Common virus associated with colon cancer

A virus that is found up more than 90 per cent of the population has turned up in colon cancer samples. The JC virus (John Cunningham virus) is widespread, affecting nearly the entire human population from childhood...

20 August, 2013
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New strategy to disarm the dengue virus
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New strategy to disarm the dengue virus

A new strategy that cripples the ability of the dengue virus to escape the host immune system has been discovered by A*STAR’s Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN). This strategy could lead to the world’s first universal...

16 August, 2013
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Mutated virus heightens polio worries
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Mutated virus heightens polio worries

A rare and dangerous strain of a mutated polio virus has reappeared in Pakistan to the dread of the long-time polio-free world. Dr Alias Durray, chief of the World Health Organisation’s polio eradication programme in...

5 August, 2013
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Hepatitis-B 100 times deadlier than HIV says doc
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Hepatitis-B 100 times deadlier than HIV says doc

Not many may know that the Hepatitis-B is 100 times deadlier than HIV and claims around one lakh lives in India every yea, said Dr. Manoj Kumar Sahu, Associate Professor at the Centre of Excellence for Gastrointestinal...

2 August, 2013
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Study: MERS virus may be deadlier than SARS
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Study: MERS virus may be deadlier than SARS

The new respiratory virus that emerged in the Middle East last year appears to make people sicker faster than SARS, but doesn’t seem to spread as easily, according to the latest detailed look at about four dozen...

31 July, 2013
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Adult HPV vaccination has limited impact
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Adult HPV vaccination has limited impact

The Costa Rica Vaccine Trial for human papillomavirus (HPV) in young women has had a “modest” impact on gynecologic outcomes in the first few years of the program. Data shows that the impact of vaccination on rates of...

29 July, 2013
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