A potential therapeutic strategy to treat viral infection and boost immunity against cancer is reported in the May 30 online issue of the journal Cell.
Cell & Microbiology
May 30, 2019
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Host-cell enzymes called PARP12 and PARP14 are important for inhibiting mutant forms of a coronavirus, according to a study published May 16 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Stanley Perlman of the University of ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 16, 2019
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Some diseases which are fatal in one species can cause only mild discomfort in another—but it's hard for scientists to predict how lethal a disease will be if it leaps across species.
Ecology
Mar 28, 2019
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Many deadly and newly emerging viruses like Ebola and Zika circulate in wild animal and insect communities long before spreading to humans and causing severe disease. However, finding these natural virus hosts – which could ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 2, 2018
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Microbes in the gastrointestinal tract of ruminants such as moose help break down recalcitrant plant biomass into carbon nutrients, but how do they do this over the course of seasons when the moose diet changes, and what ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 25, 2018
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Not all plants are wholesome for foraging animals.
Ecology
Aug 7, 2018
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Solitary weasel-like animals called tayra might look pretty harmless, but some may actually be incubators for a parasite that causes Chagas disease, a chronic, debilitating condition that is spread by insects called kissing ...
Ecology
Sep 19, 2017
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Blood-sucking flies can act as 'flying syringes' to detect emerging infectious diseases in wild animals before they spread to humans, according to research published in the journal eLife.
Ecology
Mar 28, 2017
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Microsporidia cause diarrhea, an illness called microsporidiosis and even death in immune-compromised individuals.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 22, 2016
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Contact and competition among different animals within a community matters when it comes to the possibility of parasitic disease outbreak, according to new research from the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological ...
Ecology
Sep 8, 2015
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