Are viruses alive?
Viruses seem to be more than more than just simple, inert bundles of genetic material 鈥� but do they count as living organisms?
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The zombie world of viruses could hold the key to evolution itself
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Measles
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Doctors scramble to identify mysterious illness emerging in China
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African swine fever helps drive world food prices to two-year high
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Improved rabies vaccine could be better and cheaper
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Beating cancer: How viruses are being used to infect and kill tumours
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A smartphone app can detect tiny amounts of norovirus in water
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There have been more than 1000 cases of measles in the US this year
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Light pollution’s effects on birds may help to spread West Nile virus
Birds are the main host of West Nile virus, and outbreaks among infected sparrows are 41 per cent more likely if the birds are exposed to light pollution
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HPV vaccine has significantly cut rates of cancer-causing infections
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Gene therapy
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Contaminated blood scandal: Could some deaths have been prevented?
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