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What We Know About Monkeypox

By Tara C. Smith
September 29, 2022
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Even though we’ve learned a lot about this relative of smallpox, some mysteries remain due to a lack of political will.

immunology

Bacteria’s Immune Sensors Reveal a Novel Way to Detect Viruses

By Annie Melchor
August 29, 2022
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A new study reveals that bacteria can fight viruses in a surprisingly elegant way that has no known counterpart in more complex life.

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An Immunologist Fights Covid with Tweets and a Nasal Spray

By Yasemin Saplakoglu
June 21, 2022
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Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist who became a lifeline for the worried and the curious during the pandemic, thinks that nasal spray vaccines could be the next needed breakthrough in our fight against the coronavirus.

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What Happens When We Give Animals Our Diseases?

By Tara C. Smith
April 27, 2022
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While it’s understandable to focus on the diseases affecting humans, it’s important to study how our illnesses may affect animals.

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COVID-19

Evolution ‘Landscapes’ Predict What’s Next for COVID Virus

By Carrie Arnold
January 11, 2022
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Studies that map the adaptive value of viral mutations hint at how the COVID-19 pandemic might progress next.

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Will We Ever Get Rid of COVID-19?

By Tara C. Smith
November 30, 2021
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No matter how much we’d like to eradicate SARS-CoV-2, it may be better to settle for other forms of control.

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genomics

Plasmid, Virus or Other? DNA ‘Borgs’ Blur Boundaries.

By Jordana Cepelewicz +1 authors
Allison Whitten
July 21, 2021
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Scientists have reported large DNA structures in some archaea that defy easy categorization.

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DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth.

By Jordana Cepelewicz
July 12, 2021
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The DNA of some viruses doesn’t use the same four nucleotide bases found in all other life. New work shows how this exception is possible and hints that it could be more common than we think.

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How ‘Long COVID’ Keeps Us Sick

By Tara C. Smith
July 1, 2021
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Other diseases with long-term symptoms can help us understand how COVID can affect us long after the virus itself is gone.


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