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Bacteriophage viruses attacking an E. coli cell

Life

Giant viruses have weaponised CRISPR against their bacterial hosts

Hundreds of giant viruses that infect bacteria have been discovered. Some seem to deploy CRISPR – the system used for gene editing – to fight their hosts

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Cecilia Hipolito Lucas, who suffers retinoblastoma plays in a shelter for chronically ill children in Mexico City, Mexico

Health

Tumour-killing virus could stop a childhood eye cancer and save vision

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A baby receives a vaccine

Health

Common vaccine may protect children from developing type 1 diabetes

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Exclusive: Cuba failed to report thousands of Zika virus cases in 2017

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Exclusive: Cuba failed to report thousands of Zika virus cases in 2017

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Health

Winning at work: How to avoid getting sick in the office

Features

It’s very bad news that common viruses are affected by climate change

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It’s very bad news that common viruses are affected by climate change

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HIV

Life

Why was HIV chosen as the first target for embryo gene editing?

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HIV demonstration

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We have all we need to beat the HIV epidemic – except political will

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Female brown hares

Environment

Rabbit-killing virus may have mutated to kill hares too

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Health

An 'obesity virus' could be to blame for many people being overweight

Is obesity infectious? Evidence is growing in support of a controversial theory that a virus causes weight gain and obesity, but not everyone is convinced

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Life

How to think about... Life

Features

Health

Nipah: the unknown virus that could be the next pandemic threat

Analysis

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We may finally be able to beat the common cold with a new drug

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Health

Hope for herpes vaccine after it wipes out virus in monkeys

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