Chemical signal in plants reduces growth processes in favor of defense
Beta-cyclocitral produced by plants after herbivore attack increases defense responses while inhibiting the production of metabolites for growthCredit: Kimberly Falk, ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
NIH scientists use human cerebral organoid to test drug for deadly brain disease
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Approximately two years after establishing a human cerebral organoid system to study Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), National Institutes ...
Irradiating COVID-19 cough droplets with UV-C lamps
Using supercomputer numerical modeling of saliva droplets' diffusion produced by coughs, researchers in Italy explore deactivating COVID-19 virus particles via ...
New study highlights first infection of human cells during spaceflight
Credit: Graphic by Shireen Dooling for the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Astronauts face many challenges to their health, ...
Time needed to sequence key molecules could be reduced from years to minutes
Research demonstrates potential for rapid, accurate glycan sequencingCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- Using a nanopore, researchers have demonstrated ...
Finnish researchers introduce a nasal COVID vaccine
Credit: UEF / Raija Törrönen Rokote Laboratories Finland Ltd., a newly-founded academic spin-out based in Finland is working to develop ...
Monoclonal antibody “cocktail” blocks COVID-19 variants: Study
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center A monoclonal antibody "cocktail" developed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) to neutralize the COVID-19 ...
Int’l Women’s Day: Fathima Wakeel to present at Women in Data Science Conference
Wakeel, from Lehigh University's College of Health, will discuss how to frame population health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic using ...
A new strategy for pooling COVID-19 tests to detect outbreaks early
Novel protocol draws on mathematical models that account for false-negative test resultsCredit: Jean-François Rupprecht, the Centre for Theoretical Physics (CNRS/Aix-Marseille ...
New evidence COVID-19 antibodies, vaccines less effective against variants
Worrisome new coronavirus variants can evade antibodies that neutralize original virusCredit: Matt Miller/Washington University New research at Washington University School ...
Easy-to-deliver mRNA treatment shows promise for stopping flu and Covid-19 viruses
Credit: (Photo: Georgia Institute of Technology) With a relatively minor genetic change, a new treatment developed by researchers at the ...
A world without cervical cancer: Preventive Medicine publishes special issue to further global efforts to eliminate deadly disease
More than 100 scientists provide guidance towards meeting WHO global strategy of eliminating cervical cancer by 2030Credit: Moffitt Cancer Center ...
Legal wildlife trade needs monitoring to reduce risk of a new pandemic
With three out of four newly emerging infectious human diseases originating in animals, there is an urgent need to monitor ...
March science snapshots
COVID genetic mystery, power outage costs, Alzheimer pathology, optical antennasCredit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIH ...
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