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Diagnosing Your Infection History

Influenza Virus
206 is the number of viruses known to cause infections in humans. Now, imagine a $25 blood test that [MORE]

Artificial Virus for Gene Therapy

Synthesised Nanoparticles
Researchers have known for the past 25 years that the future of gene therapy depends on safer viral vectors. [MORE]

“Larry,” the Vomiting Robot

Larry – the vomiting robot
Before cringing at the thought of a robot that throws up, remember that British physician [MORE]

The Viron Sensor

“The Whispering Gallery-Mode biosensor (see images)—so called after the Whispering Gallery in London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral—is able to detect the [MORE]

Viruses as Tissue Scaffold

Virus Self-Assembly
Bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a process of assembling bacteriophage on glass to create [MORE]

Giant Viruses

Virology-the study of entities existing between the living and nonliving words-has long intrigued and mystified biologists.  Seven years ago, [MORE]

Richard Stein Develops Mathematical Model for Micropumps in Medical Diagnostics

Richard Stein
Determining the residual viral load after antiviral therapies is a difficult problem.  However, Richard Stein, at the Fraunhofer Institute [MORE]

Phages at Work

Viral Scaffolding
One of the problems bioengineers have to overcome with regenerating tissue is creating a scaffolding on which cells can [MORE]