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How gene editing could help curb the spread of bird flu
“What this shows is that there’s a proof of concept that we can use to move toward making chickens resistant to the virus. But we’re not there yet,” Wendy Barclay, a virologist and professor at Imperial College London, who co-led the research, said on a press conference call. The study was published today in Nature
Halting the spread of Ebola in male survivors
Monrovia ‒ Ebola survivor Randall Varney lost nine family members, including his parents and seven siblings, to the virus in just three months in 2014, before himself contracting the disease. After learning that he could still sexually transmit the virus up to 90 days after recovery, he resolved to do everything possible to ensure the
Teach Your Kids to Stop the Spread of Viruses
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Termites spread globally by crossing the oceans on driftwood rafts
An analysis of drywood termite DNA shows the wood-dwelling insects have crossed the oceans at least 40 times in their history, probably rafting inside driftwood Life 1 June 2022 By Jake Buehler Incisitermes schwarzi, a type of termite in the Kalotermitidae familyAles Bucek One group of termites are habitual seafarers, suggests new research. The wood-munching…
COVID’s spread within hospitals hit all-time high amid omicron wave
Surge — Hospital risk was still relatively low, but surge speaks to omicron's transmissibility. Beth Mole - Feb 22, 2022 11:15 pm UTC Enlarge / A health care worker treats a patient inside a negative-pressure room in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Missouri, on Tuesday, August 3, 2021.Spread of…
Spread of Omicron variant and new restrictions keep UK shoppers at home
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