While trying to find a DNA-based test to determine the sex of lake sturgeon, Purdue University researchers found that the sturgeon genome contains trematode genes that didn't originally belong to it and may harbor a protozoan ...
Biotechnology
May 11, 2010
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Most people have heard about antibiotic-resistant germs. But how about antibiotic-resistant dust?
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 11, 2018
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is recommending that the general public wear cloth face masks to help decrease everyone's chances of getting COVID-19.
Other
Apr 20, 2020
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Invasive species have a devastating effect on biodiversity. In Australia, introduced red foxes and feral cats have been implicated in the majority of the extinctions of the native mammal fauna, which has been decimated since ...
Ecology
Jul 23, 2018
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Malaria remains one of the world's deadliest diseases. Each year malaria infections result in hundreds of thousands of deaths, with the majority of fatalities occurring in children under five. The Centers for Disease Control ...
Biotechnology
Jul 5, 2023
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(AP) -- "Zombie apocalypse." That blog posting headline is all it took for a behind-the-scenes public health doctor to set off an Internet frenzy over tired old advice about keeping water and flashlights on hand in case ...
Internet
May 20, 2011
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Though hand-washing is proven effective in combating the spread of disease and infection, the physics behind it has rarely been studied. But in Physics of Fluids, researchers from Hammond Consulting Limited describe a simple ...
Soft Matter
Aug 17, 2021
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Staphylococcus aureus bacteria are a major cause of serious infections that often persist despite antibiotic treatment, but scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have now discovered a way to make these bacteria much more ...
Biochemistry
Aug 14, 2019
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As anyone who has ever consumed bacteria-contaminated food and experienced "food poisoning" can tell you, it's a miserable experience. Yet it's an all-too-common one, with foodborne illnesses making 1 in 6 Americans—or ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 18, 2013
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Typically, about 1 in 6 children experience a developmental delay. But children born during the pandemic, a 2022 study has found, have nearly twice the risk of developmental delays in communication and social development ...
Education
May 19, 2022
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