Karachi

August 16, 2018

Whole blood test for toxoplasmosis is sensitive, specific

Transmission of toxoplasmosis from mother to fetus can lead to severe congenital problems and fetal death, and tests for the parasitic infection during pregnancy are critical. […]
August 16, 2018

How an herbivore hijacks a nutrient uptake strategy of its host plant

Maize plants release secondary metabolites into the soil that bind to iron and thereby facilitate its uptake by the plant. The Western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera), […]
August 16, 2018

Key factor may be missing from models that predict disease outbreaks from climate change

A new study suggests that computer models used to predict the spread of epidemics from climate change — such as crop blights or disease outbreaks — […]
August 15, 2018

Mechanism that affects multiplication of dengue virus lineage discovered

A study aiming at the development of a dengue vaccine shows that the prevalence of a virus lineage upon the other does not rely on the […]