Researchers create an effective RNA vaccine for malaria
Read now →Tech similar to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines might prevent one of the world's deadliest diseases
The sugar in semen makes HIV drugs less effective
Read now →High levels of the sugar can obstruct antivirals from linking with viruses
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We could soon be harvesting anti-viral antibodies from tobacco plants
Read now →"Plantibodies" represent a new avenue for treatments against fast moving viruses like influenza or coronavirus
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Bats' unique immune systems make them stealthy viral reservoirs
Read now →These ecologically important animals have been at the center of many major viral outbreaks, and we are beginning to understand why
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Viruses can infect the brain, hide out for decades, and then cause Viral Parkinsonism
Read now →How do you study a disease that takes decades to reveal itself? In this case, scientists used mice, viruses, and a little immunotherapy
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Pregnant women must get their flu shots to help avoid future influenza epidemics
Read now →The flu virus treats the altered immune systems of pregnant individuals as its training ground to get stronger, making vaccination an imperative
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Your saliva affects the way you spread pathogens
Read now →Our saliva can vary depending on our physiological state, making us more or less likely to pass on bugs to others
Hepatitis C virus tracking could be made easier by next generation sequencing
Read now →The information from sequencing would help epidemiologists trace the disease
New research on Nipah virus finds the virus spreads rapidly as patients approach death
Read now →This science must be balanced with the rights of sick people and their loved ones
Wolbachia bacteria stop mosquitos from spreading viruses
Read now →You may have never heard of Wolbachia, but these bacteria could save us from dengue and malaria
Eating more fiber feeds whipworm parasites in our guts
Read now →New research shows that interactions between diet and parasites might make people with whipworm infection sicker
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Researchers develop a better test for the parasite that causes river blindness
Read now →The WHO estimates that 205 million people in African countries are at risk of infection
Cytokines prevent the whooping cough bacteria from invading the rest of the body (in mice)
Read now →Researchers hope that this finding will eventually lead to new treatment for the disease in infants
West Nile Virus-carrying mosquitos managed to survive a German winter
Read now →Europe is usually too cold for tropical diseases to persist for long, but climate change helped it overwinter
Parasitic wasps murder insects with a smallpox-like virus
Read now →...and other words everyone is happy to hear
Can hormone levels signal for autism in girls?
Read now →New study moves against the current of gender bias in autism research
Children that go to school near major roadways experience more severe asthma
Read now →New research reiterates that air pollution is a public health risk, and that children in cities are particularly at risk
CRISPR technology for human gene editing is promising, but serious scientific and ethical concerns remain
Read now →Multiple sectors of society must be involved in the regulation and applications of CRISPR to medicine
The rise of a mysterious lung illness begins to expose the dangers of vaping
Read now →The U.S. Centers for Disease Control have reported at least 450 cases in 33 U.S. states, as policy makers call for action
A good defense is the best offense in medicine
Read now →It may be perceived as "boring" or "routine," but preventative medicine should be a priority in today's health care system
Could blockchain technology protect patients from counterfeit medication?
Read now →Not so fast. We should be wary of trying to science our way out of large-scale health issues
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Changing your microbiome could be as easy as taking a walk in the park
Read now →Bacteria from soil, plants, and air transfer to your body when you go outside, potentially bringing health benefits
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How a scientist in a potato field founded the field of radio astronomy
Read now →Karl Guthe Jansky, hired to quiet hiss on long-distance phone calls, found radio waves coming from Sagittarius
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Can the criminal justice system's artificial intelligence ever be truly fair?
Read now →Computer programs used in 46 states incorrectly label Black defendants as “high-risk” at twice the rate as white defendants
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Scientists have figured out what a nasty gut bacterium eats. Can live biotherapeutics help?
Read now →They're the next big thing for treating C. diff infection, but developing them is a long process
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Weeding out non-native strawberry guava keeps a flying fox, and the crops it feeds on, out of harm's way
Read now →Fruit bats help the trees by dispersing seeds, and the trees help the bats by feeding them. Why not help the bats by helping the trees?
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Retracting publications doesn't stop them from influencing science
Read now →"Zombie papers" keep on getting cited, with huge ripple effects
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COVID-19 is setting back the lives and careers of young scientists
Read now →How two graduate students are navigating science and graduation through a pandemic
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DNA from a mummified bishop's lungs shows tuberculosis infected humans only recently
Read now →New research resolves a scientific debate about when tuberculosis became established in humans
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Brain banks are key to understanding COVID's mysterious symptoms, but only if people are willing to donate
Read now →Some COVID-19 patients experience dizziness, loss of smell and even seizures, but we need brain donations from patients and healthy controls to understand why.
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Scientists find a shortcut to make a rare — and possibly healthier — sugar
Read now →Their one-pot recipe makes a reportedly healthier alternative sweetener
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New wireless monitors let premature babies have skin-to-skin contact even in the NICU
Read now →Premature and ill babies thrive with direct contact, but wires from traditional sensors get in the way
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Fungi learn how to cope with drought, but at a cost
Read now →Understanding what climate change will do to belowground ecosystems helps us predict what will happen aboveground, too
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Meet Hertha Ayrton, the mathematician who cleared WW1 trenches of poisonous gas
Read now →Ayrton was the first woman to recieve the Hughes Medal for outstanding research in the field of energy, but still the Royal Society refused her membership
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Rare spindle-shaped neurons from deep inside the brain recorded for the first time
Read now →Losing the mysterious cells may lead to Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, or other neurological disorders
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Every flood drives destructive Asian carp further into North American waters
Read now →Carp can starve out native fish by eating all their food supplies and taking over breeding grounds
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EEG research is racially biased, so undergrad scientists designed new electrodes to fix it
Read now →'Sevo' electrodes are designed with coarse, curly hair in mind
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All conferences should be virtual in a post-coronavirus world
Read now →For accessibility, financial, and environmental reasons, it just makes sense
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Scientists have revised the recipe for the first gene and the origin of life
Read now →New research finds that arabinonucleic acids accelerate RNA formation, making the RNA world hypothesis more plausible
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Our concept of life is too Earth-centric — alien life might look totally different
Read now →There are over 100 scientific definitions of "life," and none might be accurate outside Earth
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