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Captive-Bred Wallabies May Carry Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Into Wild Populations
May 22, 2013 Endangered brush-tail rock wallabies raised in captive breeding programs carry antibiotic resistance genes in their gut bacteria and may be able to transmit these genes into wild populations, ... > full story -
Top 10 New Species of 2012
May 22, 2013 An amazing glow-in-the-dark cockroach, a harp-shaped carnivorous sponge and the smallest vertebrate on Earth are just three of the newly discovered top 10 species selected by a global committee of ... > full story -
Novel Approach for Influenza Vaccination Shows Promise in Early Animal Testing
May 22, 2013 A new approach for immunizing against influenza elicited a more potent immune response and broader protection than the currently licensed seasonal influenza vaccines when tested in mice and ferrets. ... > full story -
Small, Speedy Plant-Eater Extends Knowledge of Dinosaur Ecosystems
May 22, 2013 Dinosaurs are often thought of as large, fierce animals, but new research highlights a previously overlooked diversity of small dinosaurs. Paleontologists have now described a new dinosaur, the ... > full story -
Mosquito Behavior May Be Immune Response, Not Parasite Manipulation
May 22, 2013 Malaria-carrying mosquitoes appear to be manipulated by the parasites they carry, but this manipulation may simply be part of the mosquitoes' immune response, according to ... > full story -
Fast New, One-Step Genetic Engineering Technology
May 22, 2013 A new, streamlined approach to genetic engineering drastically reduces the time and effort needed to insert new genes into bacteria, the workhorses of biotechnology, scientists are reporting. The ... > full story -
First Genomic Survey of Human Skin Fungal Diversity
May 22, 2013 In the first study of human fungal skin diversity, researchers sequenced the DNA of fungi at skin sites of healthy adults to define the normal populations across the skin and to provide a framework ... > full story -
How Immune System Peacefully Co-Exists With 'Good' Bacteria
May 22, 2013 The human gut is loaded with helpful bacteria microbes, yet the immune system seemingly turns a blind eye. Now, researchers know how this friendly truce is kept intact. Innate lymphoid cells directly ... > full story -
Schizophrenia Symptoms Eliminated in Animal Model
May 22, 2013 Overexpression of a gene associated with schizophrenia causes classic symptoms of the disorder that are reversed when gene expression returns to normal, scientists report. They genetically engineered ... > full story -
Cold Plasma Successful Against Brain Cancer Cells, Study Suggests
May 22, 2013 For the first time, physicists, biologists and physicians demonstrated the synergistic effect of cold atmospheric plasma - a partly ionized gas - and chemo therapy on aggressive brain tumor cells. ... > full story
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