Biology Fungi produce powerful toxins that can contaminate food. Adam M Mycotoxin production is reduced by genetically engineering Aspergillus species to delete specific proteins. The fungus Aspergillus nidulans ... read more
health Exemption breeds familiarity: Why don't staph vaccines work in humans? Adam M The sometimes-pathogenic bacteria has a long and intimate relationship with humans, which aids in its resistance to our immune response. Al... read more
Animals A study looks into the unusual interaction between viruses and live vaccines (chickens ) . Adam M A new study of a herpes virus that infects chickens sheds light on potentially problematic interactions between vaccines made from live vir... read more
Biology Viruses survive in fresh water by ' hitchhiking ' on plastic, according to a new study. Adam M Researchers discovered that dangerous viruses can survive in fresh water for up to three days by hitchhiking on plastic . Human enteric,... read more
Life Chromatin originated in ancient microbes 1 billion to 2 billion years ago Adam M Ancyromonas sigmoids, an unstudied microbe with enormous potential for research into the origins of eukaryotes / Credit: Naoji Yubuki In nea... read more
Biology A new type of virus threatens the health of bees around the world Adam M A new type of virus threatens the health of bees around the world A dangerous variant of the deformed wing virus is spreading throughout the... read more