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Immune-Boosting Therapy Helps Honey Bees Resist Deadly Viruses
Scientists have successfully tested a novel way of boosting honey bees’ immune systems to help them fend off deadly viruses, which have contributed to the major losses of the critical pollinator globally.
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Study Reveals New Insights Into the Functional Decline of Transplanted Genetically-Modified Pig Heart
A new study published in The Lancet has revealed the most extensive analysis to date on what led to the eventual heart failure in the world's first successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart into a human patient.
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Ticks Harness Static Electricity to Find Hosts Efficiently
Ticks can be attracted across air gaps several times larger than themselves by the static electricity that their hosts naturally accumulate.
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Antarctic Bacteria and Computer Calculations Inspire New Enzyme
For the first time, researchers have succeeded in predicting how to change the optimum temperature of an enzyme using large computer calculations. A cold-adapted enzyme from an Antarctic bacterium was used as a basis.
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Key Gene Prevents Most Bird Flu Viruses Spilling Over Into Humans
The gene, known as BTN3A3, which is commonly expressed in our airways, offers a key human defense against avian flu.
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Adding Bisindole to Dental Hygiene Products Could Reduce Plaque and Cavities
Scientists have discovered that a naturally occurring molecule reduces the biofilms that produce plaque and cavities by 90%.
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“Exploding” Populations of Wild Pigs and Monkeys Pose Disease Outbreaks Risk
Exploding populations of wild pigs and macaque monkeys in Southeast Asia are threatening native forests and disease outbreaks in livestock and people.
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Almost 50% of Tuberculosis Cases in Prisons Worldwide Go Undetected
According to a new study, there are consistently high tuberculosis case rates and low detection rates in prisons.
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AI Enhances the Accuracy of CRISPR by Predicting Protein Structures
A new study has found that applying AI predictions of protein structures makes CRISPR cuts to DNA more precise.
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Nationwide Study Finds Long COVID Is Not a Single Condition
Long COVID is not a single condition, and should not be treated as such, according to new data collected in nationwide study released in the Open Forum of Infectious Diseases.
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