pest news

July 5, 2018

Stopping a tiny — and deadly — fly in its tracks

New research presents a technique that could help treat African sleeping sickness, which impacts millions in sub-Saharan Africa and — in its late stages — can […]
July 5, 2018

Potential new drug for two life-threatening diseases

Researchers have successfully created a drug compound, from the goji berry plant, that is active against the parasites that cause schistosomiasis and fascioliasis. Potential new drug […]
July 3, 2018

Self-healing seed pods

An international team of researchers has discovered a self-sealing mechanism in the seed pods of Banksia plants: special waxes in the junction zone between the two […]
July 3, 2018

Promising new tool to measure antibodies against malaria

Antibodies against multiple Plasmodium falciparum proteins (or antigens) can be measured using a simple, accurate and reproducible assay that requires very small amounts of blood. Researchers […]