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January 12, 2018

Experts raise concerns over raw meat diets for cats and dogs

Experts are warning dog and cat owners to be aware of the risks associated with feeding their pets raw meat-based diets, instead of the more conventional […]
January 12, 2018

Northern corn leaf blight genes identified in new study

Midwestern corn growers know the symptoms of northern corn leaf blight all too well: greenish-gray lesions on the leaves that can add up to major yield […]
January 11, 2018

Solving Darwin's 'abominable mystery': How flowering plants conquered the world

Researchers have found that flowering plants have small cells relative to other major plant groups, made possible by a greatly reduced genome size, and this may […]
January 11, 2018

Researchers map druggable genomic targets in evolving malaria parasite

Researchers have used whole genome analyses and chemogenetics to identify new drug targets and resistance genes in 262 parasite cell lines of Plasmodium falciparum — protozoan […]