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Scientists Cage Dead Zebras in Africa to Understand the Spread of Anthrax
Scavengers may not play as key a role in spreading anthrax disease through wildlife populations as previously assumed.
LaMontagne Chair in Infectious Diseases and Global Health Endowment Reaches $1 Million Goal
The chair will support a talented faculty member performing globally relevant, cutting-edge research in infectious disease.
New AIDS Research Suggests that More People Are Cheating than the Surveys Show
Transmission rates through extra-couple relationships are much higher than previous estimates indicate.
HIV Treatment Without Drugs
Genetic "editing" mimics the multi-pronged defenses of the drug cocktail.
Engineered Immune Cells Resist Infection from HIV and Could Ultimately Replace Drug Therapy
Researchers cut and pasted a series of HIV-resistant genes into T cells, specialized immune cells targeted by the virus.
Researchers Create New Bacteria Designed to Improve Vaccines
Sixty one newly generated strains of E. coli may improve some vaccines.
Designer Bacteria May Lead to Better Vaccines
61 new strains of genetically engineered bacteria may improve the efficacy of vaccines for diseases such as flu, pertussis, cholera and HPV.
This Is What a Virus Infecting a Cell Looks Like
A video shows the first the first time scientists have observed a virus inserting its tail into a cell to infect it.
Virus Caught in the Act of Infecting a Cell
The detailed changes in the structure of a virus as it infects an E. coli bacterium have been observed for the first time.
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