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Online Gamers Achieve First Crowd-Sourced Redesign of Protein
Obsessive gamers’ hours at the computer have now topped scientists’ efforts to improve a model enzyme, in what researchers...
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Controversial Killer Flu Research Paused
Researchers developing extra-contagious strains of H5N1 avian influenza have agreed to pause their work for 60 days. The moratorium...
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Flu Pandemics Linked to Ocean’s Cooling Cycle
Flu pandemics have been linked to fluctuations in climate, and new research connects the world’s four most recent pandemics...
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Mobile App to Speed Diagnoses Finds Slow Going
CodeHeart, a mobile application to speed diagnosis of heart attacks, has been under development in the Washington DC area...
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At 70, Hawking Defies Disease
British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left...
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Chimp Viruses for Human Vaccines
An adenovirus isolated from chimpanzee feces is proving more effective than human adenoviruses as a vaccine vector for hepatitis...
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Studies of Deadly H5N1 Bird Flu Mutations Test Scientific Ethics
Dutch scientists have created a version of the deadly H5N1 bird flu that’s easily transmitted. In an unprecedented move,...
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Disease Outbreaks Predicted by Monitoring Cities from Space
The bright lights of a big city, as seen from space, may predict outbreaks of some diseases, such as...
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