Pangolins, not snakes, may be the missing link for transmission of the new coronavirus from bats to humans.
Plants & Animals
Apr 13, 2020
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Vanderbilt researchers are reimagining Charles Darwin's work by communicating how the origin of species might depend largely on the microbiome—the totality of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other organisms—living in or ...
Evolution
Nov 2, 2021
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A potential therapeutic strategy to treat viral infection and boost immunity against cancer is reported in the May 30 online issue of the journal Cell.
Cell & Microbiology
May 30, 2019
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How, when and where a pathogen is transmitted between two individuals in a population is crucial in understanding and predicting how a disease will spread. New research has laid the foundation for a new generation of zoonotic ...
General Physics
Feb 5, 2013
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Many deadly and newly emerging viruses like Ebola and Zika circulate in wild animal and insect communities long before spreading to humans and causing severe disease. However, finding these natural virus hosts – which could ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 2, 2018
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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany, discovered that the ability of Manduca sexta moths to recognize changes in the profile of volatile compounds released by plants being attacked by ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 3, 2013
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Bacteria that invade animal cells in order to multiply are widespread in nature. Some of these are pathogens of humans and animals. In the environment, they are often found inside unicellular organisms. A research team led ...
Evolution
Aug 18, 2020
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Even the smallest marine invertebrates—some barely larger than single-celled protists—are home to distinct and diverse microbial communities, or microbiomes, according to new research from University of British Columbia ...
Ecology
May 26, 2022
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A small fish may prove useful to understanding a worldwide health problem, if a Wayne State University researcher is correct.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 12, 2011
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Microsporidia cause diarrhea, an illness called microsporidiosis and even death in immune-compromised individuals.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 22, 2016
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