Life Sciences and Chemistry
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Birds Fight Alien Parasites
With the discovery that the medium ground finches produce antibodies aimed specifically at the parasites – a pox virus and a nest fly – “the next step is to…
Biodegradable Particles Can Bypass Mucus, Release Drugs Over Time
The researchers say these nanoparticles, which degrade over time into harmless components, could one day carry life-saving drugs to patients suffering from…
Ongoing Evolution Among Modern Humans: the View from the Teeth
As a result, in considerations of the biology of late archaic humans such as the Neandertals, it is common to compare them to living humans and largely ignore…
Experimental Drug Shows Promise Against Brain, Prostate Cancers
The drug’s actions, observed in isolated human cells in one trial and in rodents in the other, are especially encouraging because they attacked not only the…
Engineered Tobacco Plants Have More Potential as a Biofuel
According to Vyacheslav Andrianov, Ph.D., assistant professor of Cancer Biology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, tobacco can…
Tracing the Traces
Drinking water can transmit a number of diseases, including typhoid, dysentery, cholera, and diarrhea, which can then spread explosively throughout an entire…