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Zika Virus Linked To Stillbirth In Brazil
Health and Medicine Photo credit: Over 4,000 children have been born with Zika-linked microcephaly. This new case would be the first stillbirth linked to the virus. Mario Tama/Getty The Zika virus is...
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Nine Pregnant U.S. Women Confirmed To Have Been Infected With Zika
Health and Medicine Photo credit: Pregnant women are advised not to travel to regions known to be affected by the Zika virus. EmiliaUngur/Shutterstock The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Mites And Viruses Help Each Other, And Their Mutualism Is Killing Bees
Plants and Animals Photo credit: Jim and Lynne Weber/Shutterstock Honeybee colonies have been devastated over the last decade. And researchers think it may have to do with the mutually beneficial...
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19 Pieces Of Non-Human DNA Found In Human Genome
Health and Medicine Photo credit: Peekaboo, we see you. Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock Eight percent of your DNA is alien, in that it’s made up of non-human, viral fragments. In fact, viral fragments are...
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Structure Of Zika Virus Finally Mapped
Health and Medicine Photo credit: The Zika virus has unique surface carbohydrates, shown in red. Purdue University image/courtesy of Kuhn and Rossmann research groups The dramatic rise in cases of...
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Something Unexpected Could Be Determining If Your Children Are Male Or Female
Plants and Animals Photo credit: The viral fragment operates in mice, but it could also occur in humans. Andrii Vodolazhskyi/Shutterstock Did you know that ancient viruses hide within our own genome?...
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HIV Is Able To Mutate And Escape From CRISPR Gene-Editing Attack
Health and Medicine Photo credit: A scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 (green) budding from a white blood cell. CDC Public Health Image Library Just last month, scientists managed to use a...
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Why You Need To Stop Using These Hand Dryers
Health and Medicine Photo credit: A popular model of jet hand dryers produced by Dyson. Marcin Wichary/Flickr. (CC BY 2.0). A wise man once said you can judge a public bathroom by their hand dryers....
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Zika Virus Map Reveals 2.2 Billion People Are At Risk
Health and Medicine Photo credit: The redder an area, the better the environment for the spread of the Zika virus. Messina et al./eLife Summer’s nearly here, and this is, unfortunately, good news for...
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First Direct Evidence That Zika Virus Causes Brain Damage
Health and Medicine Photo credit: A digitally colorized transmission electron micrograph of the Zika virus, here colored blue. CDC The Zika virus is causing global concern, and for good reason: Not...
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