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Researchers from the University of Hong Kong have discovered that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a common human virus closely linked to nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), can change the 3D structure of ...

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Who knows why different people have different symptoms with the common cold? Well, a new study used laboratory-grown noses ...