Latest Diseases Stories
After 10 Years’ Work, Scientists Unveil Detailed 3-D Map of Virus That Causes the Common Cold
A Protein Killer Could Treat All Cancers, and Possibly All Illnesses
MIT’s New Glucose Meter Checks Blood Sugar Levels With Painless Infrared Light
Wireless, Implantable Glucose Sensor Could Revolutionize Diabetes Treatment
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Lauren Gravitz
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Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Are 100 Percent Resistant to Malaria Parasite
Newly Discovered Antibody Defeats 91 Percent of HIV Strains
Combining Two Competing Cancer Drugs, Study Finds Rare 100% Response Rate
Nano-ink Tattoos Could Continuously Monitor Glucose in Diabetics
Largest-Ever Study On Cancer and Cellphones Finds “No Increase in Risk”
Bayer’s Didget Blood-Sugar Monitor Attaches to Nintendo DS, Enticing Kids to Manage Health
Evidence of First Virus That Infects Both Plants and Humans
Sound Bullets Inspired By Newton’s Cradle Could Sink Subs, Pummel Underground Bunkers, Destroy Tumors
First Spaceborne Infectious Disease Study Exposes Human Cells to Pathogens in Microgravity
Pfizer Employee Claims Company Fired Her After Infection From An Engineered Virus
Humans Could Regenerate Tissue Like Newts By Switching Off a Single Gene
Tested: A Reboot for the Immune System
Gold Nanoparticles and Lasers Kill the Brain Parasite That Causes “Crazy Cat Lady” Syndrome
The Man Who Was Allergic to Radio Waves
Insulin Can Now Be Made Cheaply from Flowers
Compound LJ001 Acts Like Antibiotic Against Viruses
First Artificial Muscles Used to Control Eyelids
Can a Whale Get Rabies?
Hideous Rodent May Provide Cure For Cancer
Surgical Scalpel Sniffs Out Tumors While It Cuts
AIDS-Like Virus Threatens Koalas With Extinction
Radioactive Cancer-Binding Buckyballs For Targeted Chemotherapy
Specially Engineered Bacteria Could Replace Diabetics’ Insulin Shots With Insulin Yogurt Snacks
Tested: Fighting The Great Flu Pandemic Online
Sudoku Puzzles Inspire DNA-Sequencing Breakthrough
Pandemics That Were And Weren’t
The Media and the Flu
So, Do You Really Want to Know?
HIV Resistance Through Oral Sex?
Drop that Sock! Masturbation May Cause Cancer
A Cure for AIDS
Preventing an Outbreak: McCain and Obama on Pandemics
A Cure for the Uncommon Flu
The Drug Resurrector
This Germ Could Save Your Life
Can a Virus Kill Cancer?
By
Joshua Tomkins
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Engineers Light Up Cancer Research