Dog rabies vaccination programs affect human exposure, prophylaxis use
Credit: Javier Cabello Stom (CC BY 4.0) The World Health Organization has made it a goal to eliminate human rabies ...
Tag: Biology
Catching evolution in the act
Natural selection alters genes that control roundworms' sense of smellCredit: Erik Andersen/Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- Charles Darwin was right. ...
Texas Biomed continues testing Ebola therapies and vaccines
September is National Preparedness MonthCredit: Texas Biomed San Antonio, Texas (September 26, 2019) - In mid-August 2019, human clinical trials ...
Rock-solid climate solutions: Negative emissions technology
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions funds $1.5 million research projectCredit: Ocean Networks Canada/CSSF-ROPOS A team of international researchers plan to ...
Living coral cover will slow future reef dissolution
In situ experiment on Great Barrier Reef tests future ocean acidification scenarioCredit: David Kline A team led by David Kline, ...
Pancreatic cancer discovery reveals how the aggressive cancer fuels its growth
Finding may explain why promising drugs work -- and when they won'tCredit: Dan Addison | UVA A new discovery about ...
Basking sharks exhibit different diving behavior depending on the season
Credit: Phil Doherty Tracking the world's second-largest shark species has revealed that it moves to different depths depending on the ...
WVU researcher studies gene modulation to ‘bypass evolution,’ prevent blindness
Credit: West Virginia University Genes borrowed from a spider turned Peter Parker into Spiderman. If scientists can use archaea--tiny organisms ...
The secret of motivation
How neural circuits drive hungry individuals to peak performanceCredit: Anja Friedrich / TUM Success is no accident: To reach your ...
Semen miRNAs could be non-invasive biomarkers for prostate cancer
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers of the Human Molecular Genetics group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Sara ...
Earliest signs of life: Scientists find microbial remains in ancient rocks
Credit: UNSW Sydney Scientists have found exceptionally preserved microbial remains in some of Earth's oldest rocks in Western Australia - ...
Otherworldly worms with three sexes discovered in Mono Lake
Eight species of nematode discovered in the lake's harsh conditionsCredit: Caltech Caltech scientists have discovered a new species of worm ...
The global phosphorus crisis
An international team of scientists call to actionCredit: SDU/Lene Esthave Phosphorus is an essential resource for the world's food production. ...
How time affects the fate of stem cells
Credit: D. Suter, EPFL. How do temporal variations in protein concentrations affect biology? It's a question that biologists have only ...
Spider silk: A malleable protein provides reinforcement
Credit: Pixaby.com / Collage: Hannes Neuweiler Why are the lightweight silk threads of web spiders tougher than most other materials? ...
New function in a protein of plants essential to developing drought-tolerant crops
The BAG4 protein regulates the flow of potassium in occlusive cells, which optimizes the use of water by the plantCredit: ...
Technique can image individual proteins within synapses
Rapid imaging method could help reveal how conditions such as autism affect brain cellsCredit: Syuan-Ming Guo and Li Li CAMBRIDGE, ...
ISSF releases new non-entangling and biodegradable FADs guide
Updated best-practices illustrated manual offers practical, science-based guidance on building biodegradable FADsCredit: ISSF The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has ...
A mouse or an elephant: what species fights infection more effectively?
Hamilton College researcher reveals body size shapes mammal immune defensesCredit: Cynthia J. Downs What species is better at fighting an ...
Powerful new synthetic vaccines to combat epidemics
New vaccine technology delivers potent results for ChikungunyaCredit: University of Bristol A new type of vaccine that can be stored ...
