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NIH Study Confirms: Humans Unlikely To Catch Deer Prion Disease
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoResearch on cerebral organoids provides strong evidence for a significant species barrier. A recent...
First Ever Human Case Of H5N2 Bird Flu Leads To Death In Mexico
IFLScience· 2 days agoA man in Mexico has died after contracting the first lab-confirmed human infection with H5N2 bird...
Man Dies After H5N2 Bird Flu Infection. Here’s How It Differs From H5N1
Forbes· 2 days agoA new strain of bird flu, H5N2, was just identified in Mexico City, following the death of a...
Strange Giant Viruses Found Lurking On Greenland Ice Sheet
IFLScience· 3 days agoLurking in the snow and frost of Greenland’s ice sheet, mysterious giant viruses has been...
Disease from parasite in US water supply might finally be treatable
Newsweek· 5 days agoThis parasite, named cryptosporidium, is a single-celled organism that can cause a diarrheal disease...
Scientists identify gene linked to developmental disorders - UPI.com
UPI· 5 days agoRNU4-2 -- can cause a collection of developmental symptoms that had not previously been tied to a...
Is Ancient Viral DNA To Blame For Depression, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder?
Inverse· 6 days agoAround 8% of human DNA is made up of genetic sequences acquired from ancient viruses.
FLiRTing with a COVID summer surge? What to know about the newest family of Omicron subvariants
Fortune· 3 days ago“This is not a surprise; this is always in the cards,” Edwin Michael, PhD, an epidemiologist at the University of South Florida College of Public Health, tells Fortune. “The mutations will keep ...
Pregnant in a warming climate: A lethal 'double risk' for malaria
National Catholic Reporter· 22 hours agoRoger Casupang was working in a coastal clinic on the north side of Papua New Guinea, an island...
A Scientific Approach to Cleaning Your Mouth
Scientific American· 5 days agoThe American dentist, Willoughby Miller, linked microbes to dental decay 130 years ago. In his book Micro-Organisms of the Human Mouth, he detailed the...