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Viral capsid proteins with drug binding site in yellow. Image: University of Melbourne

First images of the common cold virus

Saving lives one 3D image at a time.

Chickens are usually vaccinated when they are approximately 7 days old. Image: Lepas/Shutterstock

Chicken vaccines produce new viruses

Two herpesvirus vaccines have recombined to produce new virus strains.

The bacterium, Enterococcus faecalis, which lives in the human gut, is just one type of microbe that will be studied as part of NIH's Human Microbiome Project. Image: United States Department of Agriculture

Mapping our microbes

They may be small, but they outnumber our cells.

Autism is on the rise, but what is the trigger? Image: Shutterstock

New lead on the cause of autism

Psychoactive chemicals in drinking water cause genetic changes in fish similar to those associated with autism. 

An ultrasound of a baby. Image: Simon Pederson/Shutterstock

Baby’s genome sequenced before birth

A new, non-invasive method of screening for genetic disorders.

Image: Skin cells could be used to treat heart failure patients. Image: Shutterstock/ Sebastian Kaulitzki

Fixing hearts with skin cells

Skin cells can be transformed into heart muscle cells.

Multi-user computers contain more bacteria than single-user computers. Image: Shutterstock/sixninepixels

Can our computers be infected with bacteria?

You should always wash before you type.

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Cancer can be tracked with Google

Scientists are using search engine algorithims to find cancer biomarkers.

An X-ray computed-tomography image of the chicken embryo skeleton inside an egg. Image: Balaban et al. Current Biology

Waking embryos in the womb

Your brain may already be awake before you are born.

Researchers are now aiming to prevent HIV infection in the first place. image: Shutterstock

Next step in HIV prevention research

The International Microbicide Conference 2012 looks at which methods work and the next steps in developing these.

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