virus
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The technique, which had long been used in China, India and Africa before arriving in North America, involved injecting the live virus from a smallpox sufferer’s pustules into a healthy person.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
“We need to be looking for the next pandemic virus on fur farms, in hunting communities, and even at border checkpoints where wildlife are imported,” Carlson said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
It can be caused by a number of viruses - including HSV-1, also known as the cold sore virus.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
In this case, the virus has been modified to replicate only inside tumor cells, causing them to burst, while simultaneously triggering a more aggressive immune response from the body’s own white blood cells.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Believing fundamentally in the right of a plant or a virus to rule the earth.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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Computer Science and Technology - Introductory
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Computer Science and Technology - High School
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