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March 12, 2018

Forty years of data quantifies benefits of Bt corn adoption across multiple crops for the first time

Researchers have pulled together forty years of data to quantify the effects of Bt field corn, a highly marketed and successful genetically engineered technology, in a […]
March 9, 2018

Gut microbes influence severity of intestinal parasitic infections

A new study indicates that the kinds of microbes living in the gut influence the severity and recurrence of parasitic worm infections in developing countries. The […]
March 9, 2018

Heat shock system helps bug come back to life after drying up

The larva of the sleeping chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki — a mosquito-like insect that inhabits semi-arid areas of Africa — is well known for being able to […]
March 9, 2018

Meal times may be key to managing malaria, parasite study shows

Malaria infections might be brought under control by managing the meal times of infected people or animals, a study suggests. Meal times may be key to […]