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Study Strengthens Zika-GBS Link
Forty-one of 42 patients diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome in French Polynesia had anti-Zika antibodies.

Giant Virus Has CRISPR-like Immune Defense
The genome of a mimivirus strain resistant to a virophage has repeated phage sequences alongside nuclease- and helicase-coding sections.

Dragonfly is World-Record Flier
Researchers have determined that a diminutive insect out-flies all other winged migrators by traveling thousands of miles between continents and across oceans yearly.

Migrating Monarch Numbers Rebound
The iconic butterflies have flocked to their Mexican overwintering grounds, seemingly reversing recent population declines.

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