Scientists advance fight against dangerous viruses
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Scientists in Hong Kong said yesterday they had devised a new way to identify chemicals that can counter new and dangerous viruses, such as SARS, and these chemicals may be developed into drugs.
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Scientists have taken a step closer to  creating a vaccine against a virus that causes the most common  form of diarrhea and vomiting in children.
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A new device can quickly detect 92  different viruses, including several strains of the feared H5N1  avian flu virus or other emerging new infections, U.S.  researchers reported on Tuesday.
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SUFFOLK -- Virginia Tech scientists are preparing to protect the state&#39;s largest crop from a disease with strong potential to do damage.
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A group of Scottish scientists to create a centre of excellence in a bid to stop the threat of avian flu.
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Scientists show what happens when an infection-fighting antibody attacks a gap in HIV's formidable defences.
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A type of drug used to treat schizophrenia can protect brain cells from a virus that causes a fatal nervous system disorder, say experts.
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Scientists hope to be able to use a harmless form of the AIDS virus to seek destroy cancer.
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Scientists believe they may have found a way to stop the problem of bacteria becoming resistant to drug treatments.
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By JEEJA PUROHIT    PUNE, India  -- More than 300 scientists from around the world shared information on tracking and curbing the cross-border spread of viruses as they met in India for a three-day seminar ending Wednesday.    "Emerging infections have taken center stage, not only in public health management, but are intricately linked with the economic welfare of nations," said A.C...
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Scientists are now eyeing dust clouds as possible suspects in transcontinental spread of diseases.
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Scientists have harnessed the body's own natural defences against infection to make a treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
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Scores of infectious diseases have emerged to threaten humans in the past decades as viruses leap the species barrier from wild animals and bacteria mutate into antibiotic-resistant strains, scientists reported on Wednesday.
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Scientific sleuths have a new suspect for what's been killing billions of honeybees: a virus previously unknown in the United States.
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A gene that may help block the AIDS  virus from getting into cells seems to protect some people from  the deadly and incurable infection, researchers said on  Thursday.
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Scientists in Hong Kong say they may have found a series of chemicals that could counter the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and other viruses.
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Scientists are perfecting a technique which they hope will improve detection of mad cow disease (vCJD).