New insight into Alzheimer's disease pathology
An Alzheimer's-related protein helps form and maintain nerve cell connections, according to a study published in the May 4 print issue of the Journal of Cell Biology.
Cell & Microbiology
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How are environmental chemicals affecting vultures?
Vultures are long-lived birds, and because they are scavengers, they're vulnerable to chronic chemical exposure through the food chain. An article published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry reviews the primary ...
Ecology
Jun 8, 2022
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Researchers collaborate to study antimicrobial use in food animal industries
Kansas State University and University of Minnesota researchers are collaborating with the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine and food animal industries to evaluate systems for collecting and evaluating ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 19, 2020
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'Forest foods' drive risks of next global pandemic
A taste for wild meats such as pangolins and civets, often known as 'forest foods' in tropical and subtropical regions, makes the emergence of another global pandemic increasingly likely, four international organisations ...
Ecology
Nov 16, 2020
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Hurricanes and wildfires are colliding with the COVID-19 pandemic, and compounding the risks
With the "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Laura hitting Louisiana and Texas and wildfires menacing the western U.S., millions of Americans are facing the complex risks of a natural disaster striking in the middle of a pandemic.
Environment
Aug 27, 2020
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To reopen cities during pandemic, focus on neighborhoods
With unemployment rising to its highest rate since the Great Depression and labor participation plummeting, many local government leaders in the United States have taken steps to reopen their cities—worrying not only about ...
Economics & Business
May 29, 2020
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A case of the chimp sniffles or major outbreak? Syndromic surveillance may hold the key
Two sniffling chimps could be one too many for a wild chimpanzee community susceptible to respiratory disease outbreaks, report Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers at the University of Minnesota. The team's findings ...
Veterinary medicine
May 10, 2019
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Avian influenza in Bangladesh: the role of migratory birds in the transmission of disease
Since 2005, when the highly-pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 started spreading across the globe, researchers have been faced with the question how the virus can spread across entire continents so quickly: does the virus ...
Ecology
Jan 28, 2019
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Dry landscapes can increase disease transmission
In water-limited landscapes sick animals can have increased contact with healthy individuals, which can facilitate disease transmission. Scientists from the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 20, 2018
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Chronic wasting disease: Addressing the issues with cervid prionic disease
One of the most contagious of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, is chronic wasting disease (CWD) which affects deer and represents a risk to human health and the health of farm animals. There are many problems ...
Ecology
Sep 26, 2017
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