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May 7, 2018

New breakthrough paving the way for universal Ebola therapeutic

A new collaborative study has identified and studied Ebola antibodies that could be used to design universal therapeutics that are effective against many different Ebola species. […]
May 7, 2018

Russian cuckoo invasion spells trouble for Alaskan birds

Common cuckoos and oriental cuckoos in eastern Russia appear to be expanding their breeding range into western Alaska, where songbirds are naive to the cuckoos’ wily […]
May 7, 2018

Deadly duet: Uncovering mechanism of action for a class of pore-forming bacterial toxins

Pore-forming toxins are common bacterial poisons. They attack organisms by introducing holes in cell membranes. A team of scientists has now unraveled the mechanism of action […]
May 7, 2018

Genetics help make a weed a weed

New research finds that the success of weedy and invasive plants like the Jerusalem artichoke lies in their genes. Genetics help make a weed a weed […]