Gene drives may cause a revolution, but safeguards and public engagement are needed
A "gene drive" occurs when a specific gene is spread at an enhanced rate through an animal or plant population.
A "gene drive" occurs when a specific gene is spread at an enhanced rate through an animal or plant population.
Biotechnology
May 5, 2017
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An extensive review of research on wild primate social networks and parasites underscores the importance of super-spreaders, or central individuals that play an outsized role in transmission of a pathogen.
Ecology
Mar 20, 2017
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An estimated 500 to 600 ducks and geese have died due to avian cholera in western Idaho.
Ecology
Feb 22, 2017
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South Korea on Tuesday said it was expanding a cull of chickens and ducks to try to contain a damaging bird flu outbreak.
Ecology
Dec 6, 2016
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Dogs aren't exactly famous for their personal hygiene or for maintaining a respectful distance from their canine pals. With a nuzzle, a shared ball or a bark, a dog battling a bug can easily pass it to others and, in some ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2016
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Sick wild house mice spend time away from their social groups, leading to a decrease in their potential for disease transmission according to a new study by evolutionary biologists from the University of Zurich in collaboration ...
Evolution
Aug 22, 2016
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Although Cercopithecus monkeys, a widely distributed genus in Africa, usually have a discerning palate for fruits and leaves, they are opportunistic omnivores that sometimes consume lizards, snakes, birds and mice. These ...
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2016
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Transport plays a major role in the spread of transmissible diseases. PANDHUB, a project coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, develops ways of reducing the risk of pandemics and managing other high-threat ...
Other
Apr 27, 2016
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A ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recognizing a connection between bighorn sheep die-offs and diseases transmitted by domestic sheep could have far-reaching ramifications on federal grazing allotments in the ...
Ecology
Mar 20, 2016
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Here's some incentive to cover your mouth the next time you sneeze: New high-speed videos captured by MIT researchers show that as a person sneezes, they launch a sheet of fluid that balloons, then breaks apart in long filaments ...
Soft Matter
Feb 11, 2016
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