11-12-06 Scientists have developed a vaccine that protects mice against a deadly form of the Ebola virus. 科学家研制出一种疫苗，可以保护老鼠免受致死伊波拉病毒的伤害。 Around 1,200 people have died of Ebola virus infection since 1976 First identified in 1976,...

11-11-18 UN scientists are warning that a virus attacking the cassava plant in parts of Africa. 联合国科学家警告道，非洲部分地区的木薯遭到一种病毒的传染。 Farmers may think crops are healthy until harvest; the signs only show on roots Cassava is one of the w...

11-11-08 Health professionals and researchers across the globe believe they are on the verge of eradicating polio（小儿麻痹症） , a devastating virus which can lead to paralysis and death. Despite successful eradication in most countries, there are still fou...

11-10-20 A human antibody given to monkeys infected with the deadly Hendra virus completely protected them from disease, according to a study published by National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists and their collaborators. Hendra and the closely related...

11-10-18 Antiviral drugs（抗病毒药） progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a new study shows. The University of Manchester scientists have previously shown that the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) is a risk factor for Alzheimer's when it is present in...

11-09-28 Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to inhibit the growth of brain tumours by treating the common Cytomegalovirus ( CMV巨细胞病毒 ). The virus, which is found in a wide range of tum...

11-09-16 Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute have begun to uncover how the virus that causes most Merkel cell carcinoma（癌） -- a rare and aggressive skin cancer -- operates, meaning that a rational chemotherapeutic target for this c...

11-09-01 An engineered virus, injected into the blood, can selectively target cancer cells throughout the body. 一种改造病毒在被注入血液之后，能有选择地攻击全身的癌细胞。 The virus attacked only tumours, leaving the healthy tissue alone, in a small trial on...

11-08-30 Researchers from Yale University are looking to a virus from the same family as the rabies（狂犬病） virus to fight a form of cancer primarily found in children and young adults. They report their findings in the September 2011 issue of the Journal...

11-08-15 Researchers have developed a new candidate vaccine to protect against chikungunya virus（基孔肯亚病毒） , a mosquito-borne pathogen that produces an intensely painful and often chronic arthritic disease that has stricken millions of people in India,...