There may be a solution on the horizon to combating superbug infections resistant to antibiotics. The tenacious bacteria and fungi sicken more than 2.8 million people and lead to more than 35,000 deaths in the United States ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 20, 2020
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Let's talk about slime.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 31, 2020
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Scientists from the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found that the air in the tropics is teeming with a rich and diverse ...
Ecology
Oct 30, 2019
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Pulmonary hypertension is a type of high blood pressure that affects the lungs of both animals and people. When tiny vessels in the lungs become narrowed or blocked, it becomes harder for blood to flow through and can cause ...
Veterinary medicine
Oct 16, 2019
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The presence of different strains of grass pollen in the atmosphere can help predict when hay fever and asthma could strike, a study involving a University of Queensland researcher has found.
Ecology
Apr 8, 2019
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A global team of investigators has identified a key protein involved in Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), a serious and sometimes fatal respiratory disease, according to research published today in the journal Nature.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 21, 2018
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Ageing in worms mainly results from the direct action of genes and not from random wear and tear or loss of function, and the same is likely to be true in humans, according to research by UCL, Lancaster University and Queen ...
Biotechnology
Aug 9, 2018
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Biodiversity is disappearing at an alarming rate as infectious diseases increasingly spill over from wildlife to humans. Disease ecologists fervently debate whether biodiversity loss leads to an increased disease risk. Now, ...
Ecology
Jul 18, 2018
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If you hop like a kangaroo, you might be able feel the air being pushed out of your lungs. Here's why it happens and why it matters.
Plants & Animals
Jun 12, 2018
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Soot turned the white handkerchief around Abhash Kumar Sharma's face to black as the police officer tried to direct gridlocked traffic in the Indian city with the world's dirtiest air.
Environment
Jun 5, 2018
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