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Does the Dangerous New Middle East Coronavirus Have an African Origin?
July 24, 2013 — The MERS-coronavirus is regarded as a dangerous novel pathogen: Almost 50 people have died from infection with the virus since it was first discovered in 2012. To date all cases are connected with ... > full story -
How to Make Preclinical Animal Research More Effective
July 23, 2013 — Only 11% of drugs that enter clinical trials in humans are ultimately found safe and effective enough to receive regulatory approval. One possible reason for this dismal success rate is flawed ... > full story -
Organ Transplantation as Source of Fatal Rabies Virus Case
July 23, 2013 — An investigation into the source of a fatal case of raccoon rabies virus exposure indicates the individual received the virus via a kidney transplant 18 months earlier, findings suggesting that ... > full story -
Mechanism Behind Development of Autoimmune Hepatitis Identified
July 23, 2013 — A gene mutation disrupts the activity of certain immune cells and causes the immune system to erroneously attack the liver, according to a new animal ... > full story -
Scientific Who's Who of Bolivian Mammals
July 23, 2013 — Biologists have published a massive database of mammals occurring in Bolivia, shedding light on the poorly known yet vast wildlife diversity of this South American ... > full story -
No Link Between Prenatal Mercury Exposure and Autism-Like Behaviors Found
July 23, 2013 — The potential impact of exposure to low levels of mercury on the developing brain -- specifically by women consuming fish during pregnancy -- has long been the source of concern and some have argued ... > full story -
Environmental Toxins Enter the Brain Tissue of Polar Bears
July 23, 2013 — Scientists from Denmark and Canada are worried by their new findings showing that several bioaccumulative perfluoroalkyl substancesare crossing the blood brain barrier of polar bears from Scoresby ... > full story -
Novel 'Top-Down' Mechanism Repatterns Developing Brain Regions
July 22, 2013 — Dennis O'Leary was the first scientist to show that the basic functional architecture of the cortex, the largest part of the human brain, was genetically determined during development. But as it so ... > full story -
How to Survive Without Sex: Rotifer Genome Reveals Its Strategies
July 22, 2013 — How a group of animals can abandon sex, yet produce more than 460 species over evolutionary time, became a little less mysterious this week with the publication of the complete genome of a bdelloid ... > full story -
Chemicals That Break Down Water Contaminants Pass Safety Test
July 22, 2013 — A family of molecules developed to break down pollutants in water is one step closer to commercial use. Study results show that the molecules, which are aimed at removing hazardous endocrine ... > full story
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