Items tagged with virus

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New Way to Grow Human Embryonic Stem Cells Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 - 19:26:35 - Anuradha Menon The majority of researchers working with human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) – cells which produce any type of specialized adult cells in the human... read more

Virus Helps to Build Tiny Battery Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 - 20:08:21 - Ehud Rattner A virus has helped to create a new type of tiny battery, made with a simple stamping technique, that could power miniature devices. Electronic... read more

One Virus to Rule them All Monday, August 11th, 2008 - 13:46:28 - Iddo Genuth One of the fundamental questions in science is "what is life?", a question particularly pertinent of late with the search for signs of life... read more

'Virophage' Suggests Viruses Are Alive Friday, August 8th, 2008 - 09:09:07 - Ehud Rattner The discovery of a giant virus that falls ill through infection by another virus is fuelling the debate about whether viruses are alive. "There’s no... read more

Lung Inflammation From Influenza Turned Off? Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 - 13:52:39 - Ehud Rattner A new discovery could lead to treatments which turn off the inflammation in the lungs caused by influenza and other infections, according to a study... read more

Measles Doesn't Work in the Way We Thought Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 - 20:58:40 - Ehud Rattner The infectious romp that the measles virus takes through the body doesn’t need to involve the airways, as was previously thought. Instead, the virus... read more

Cellular Mechanism Helps Develop Vaccine Friday, June 20th, 2008 - 12:52:47 - Ehud Rattner La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI) scientists have discovered one for the textbooks. Their finding, reported June 13 in the... read more

Compound to Flush HIV Synthesized Sunday, May 4th, 2008 - 18:04:52 - Ehud Rattner Stanford chemist Paul Wender and his coworkers have found a way to synthesize better bird dogs, agents that can be tailored to flush HIV out into the... read more

Dirty Rotten Poxviruses Sunday, April 27th, 2008 - 21:09:48 - Ehud Rattner It might not be the most elegant entrance, but poxviruses have engineered a way to sneak into cells through the garbage chute. According to a new... read more

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