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Black widow spider

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Virus steals black widow poison gene to help it attack

For the first time a virus that targets bacteria has been found to have genes lifted from non-bacterial cells – those of the black widow spider

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A man sleeps in an artificially lit factory

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Herpes infections are worse if contracted at the end of the day

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Bumblebee landing on a tomato plant

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Aphrodisiac virus makes plants super-attractive to bumblebees

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Peter Piot

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I was there at Ebola's bloody beginning

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Turtle with many growths characteristic of fibropapillomatosis

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Turtle herpes outbreak hints at Great Barrier Reef contamination

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Epstein-Barr virus in lurid false colour

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Gene editing could destroy herpes viruses living inside you

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Test tubes with red tops, containing Zika vaccine

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Zika vaccine protects mice, but may increase risk of dengue

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A queue of people waiting to give blood beside a sign saying

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Orlando massacre prompts call to ease gay blood donor rules

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A sample froma liver with cirrhosis

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Failing livers transformed into healthy organs by virus therapy

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The back of a lorry full of dead carp

Life

Australia to destroy alien carp by releasing herpes into rivers

The Australian government has announced a A$15 million plan to release a strain of herpes virus into rivers to kill invasive carp, a notorious pest

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Ebola virus does a total shutdown to hide before a fresh strike

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This is what the Zika virus looks like close up – probably

Regulars

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Dear Google, please help us use our data to beat dengue and Zika

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Zika virus disease renamed to reflect range of impacts on fetus

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