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Super-you: Your body is a nation of trillions
Think you’re only human? Legions of creatures inhabit the cracks, contours and crevices of your body — and they all contribute to who you are
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HIV jumped to the US in 1970 – 10 years before it was spotted
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Virus steals black widow poison gene to help it attack
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Herpes infections are worse if contracted at the end of the day
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Aphrodisiac virus makes plants super-attractive to bumblebees
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I was there at Ebola’s bloody beginning
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Life
Turtle herpes outbreak hints at Great Barrier Reef contamination
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Gene editing could destroy herpes viruses living inside you
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Zika vaccine protects mice, but may increase risk of dengue
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Orlando massacre prompts call to ease gay blood donor rules
As people rush to give blood to treat those wounded in the attack, campaigners say rules requiring gay men to be celibate for a year before donating are unscientific
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Failing livers transformed into healthy organs by virus therapy
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Australia to destroy alien carp by releasing herpes into rivers
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Ebola virus does a total shutdown to hide before a fresh strike
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This is what the Zika virus looks like close up – probably
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