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May 29, 2018

Could we work together with our bacteria to stop infection?

The benefits of antibiotics to both human and animal health are undisputed. However, as microbes have become increasingly resistant to antimicrobials and other drugs, scientists have […]
May 28, 2018

The stick insects that survive being eaten by birds

It’s commonly assumed that when insects are eaten by birds, they and their unborn young have no chance of survival. However, a team of researchers hypothesized […]
May 24, 2018

Reconstructing Zika's spread

The urgent threat from Zika virus, which dominated headlines in early 2016, has passed. But research into how Zika and other mosquito-borne infections spread and cause […]
May 23, 2018

Genetic diversity helps protect against disease

So much for survival of the fittest — diversity is the key: a team of researchers has succeeded in demonstrating experimentally that genetic diversity makes populations […]