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Cell & Microbiology 13 minutes ago

Study suggests host response needs to be studied along with other bacteriophage research

A team of micro- and immunobiologists from the Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Yale University, and the University of Pittsburgh has found evidence suggesting that future research teams planning to use bacteriophages ...

Economics & Business 17 hours ago

Nature degradation could cause a 12% loss to UK GDP, new analysis suggests

The deterioration of the UK's natural environment could lead to an estimated 12% loss to GDP, according to new analysis. In comparison, the financial crisis of 2008 took around 5% off the value of the UK GDP, while the COVID-19 ...

Veterinary medicine 23 hours ago

How worrying is bird flu's jump to dairy cows? Here's what experts say

Since 2022, a highly contagious strain of bird flu has spread across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate, resulting in the deaths of more than 90 million birds in commercial and backyard poultry flocks, plus thousands more ...

Agriculture Apr 25, 2024

More cows are being tested and tracked for bird flu. Here's what that means

U.S. health and agriculture officials are ramping up testing and tracking of bird flu in dairy cows in an urgent effort to understand—and stop—the growing outbreak.

Bio & Medicine Apr 24, 2024

Cows' milk particles used for effective oral delivery of drugs

Researchers have found that tiny particles present in cows' milk could offer, for the first time, an effective method for the oral delivery of RNA drugs.

Ecology Apr 24, 2024

Can climate change accelerate transmission of malaria? New research sheds light on impacts of temperature

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite that spreads from bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. If left untreated in humans, malaria can cause severe symptoms, health complications and even death.

Bio & Medicine Apr 24, 2024

Bioelectronic chip detects vitamins C and D in saliva in under 20 minutes

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a bioelectronic chip that simultaneously detects vitamins C and D in body fluids. It is flexible and easy to see and can be adapted for use in a wearable ...

Plants & Animals Apr 24, 2024

Enhanced CRISPR method enables stable insertion of large genes into the DNA of higher plants

Scientists at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) have succeeded for the first time in stably and precisely inserting large gene segments into the DNA of higher plants very efficiently. To do this, they optimized ...

Cell & Microbiology Apr 24, 2024

Giant virus discovered in wastewater treatment plant infects deadly parasite

The single-celled organism Naegleria fowleri ranks among the deadliest human parasites. Researchers around Matthias Horn and Patrick Arthofer from the Center for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science at the University ...

Bio & Medicine Apr 24, 2024

Engineers muffle invading pathogens with a 'molecular mask'

Vaccines remain the gold standard of protection against dangerous pathogens, but take considerable time and vast resources to develop. Rapidly mutating viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 can blunt their effectiveness and even render ...

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