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NewsASF poses huge threat to bearded pig populations in Borneo - and the tribes that depend on them
A recent letter in the journal Science warns that the socio-ecological disaster posed by African Swine Fever is currently overlooked and receiving insufficient attention.
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NewsNew study to examine very rare adverse events linked to COVID-19 vaccines
A multimillion-dollar global initiative will study causes and risk factors, to ensure safer vaccines are ready for the next potential pandemic.
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NewsPriming vaccine tested by global project lays path to HIV vaccine
A global project is attemptng to discover a HIV vaccine based on germline targeting and that is practical for those in Low and Middle-Income Countries.
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NewsScientists tackle challenges of converting rice straw into next gen biofuels
Scientists are to tackle some of the challenges of how to make inedible rice straw into the next generation of biofuels, with the help of yeasts.
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NewsIntegrative Center for Alternative Meat and Protein to launch at UC Davis
The University of California, Davis, is leading the establishment of a new Integrative Center for Alternative Meat and Protein, or iCAMP.
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NewsCollaborative infectious disease research takes aim at bystander cells
Researchers examining disease infection in bystander cells were granted nearly $500,000 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to advance their work.
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NewsProfessor Yasmine Belkaid takes office as President of the Institut Pasteur
The Institut Pasteur has announced that Professor Yasmine Belkaid took office as its new President on January 2, 2024.
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NewsConsortium to tackle the effect of climate change on diarrheal diseases
Thanks to a Horizon Europe grant, Amsterdam UMC together with the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, is set to lead a global consortium to improve policies and interventions
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NewsAvian influenza detected in mammals in sub-Antarctica for the first time
The presence of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed for the first time in mammals in sub-Antarctica. The disease was detected in elephant and fur seals on the island of South Georgia by experts from the UK’s Animal Plant Health Agency (APHA). An elephant seal in ...
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NewsFirst-in-human vaccine trial for deadly Nipah virus launched
The University of Oxford has launched a new clinical trial to test a vaccine to protect people against deadly Nipah virus. The first clinical trial participants received doses of the ChAdOx1 NipahB vaccine over the last week.
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NewsGlow sticks deployed to ID emerging biothreats
Glow sticks are being used by a University of Houston researcher to identify emerging biothreats for the United States Navy.
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NewsWar on bugs can’t be won, researchers declare
A new paper calls for antimicrobial resistance to be reframed as a sustainability issue.
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NewsNew NIH-funded center could soon reduce the need for pharmaceutical trials on animals
The University of Rochester will house a new national center focused on using tissue-on-chip technology to develop drugs more rapidly and reduce the need for animal trials.
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NewsWHO prequalifies a second malaria vaccine
WHO has added the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine to its list of prequalified vaccines.
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NewsAfrican One Health network launched to prevent disease
A new network aims to create the conditions for improved sustainable and locally led management of antimicrobial resistance and neglected tropical diseases in seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
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NewsDr Ben Swift named as winner of Basil Jarvis Prize
Dr Ben Swift of the Royal Veterinary College in the UK has been named as this year’s winner of the Basil Jarvis Prize for microbiology.
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NewsProject investigates how biodiversity loss contributes to zoonosis risks
A newly launched project, titled ’Zoonosis Emergence across Degraded and Restored Forest Ecosystems’ (ZOE), is receiving about four million euros in funding from the European Commission for a period of four years.
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NewsOne death and 30 illness cases due to STEC 0145 outbreak in UK
One person has died in the UK and 30 cases of illness confirmed following an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O145 identified through the analysis of whole genome sequencing (WGS) data.
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News‘UK should break licensing impasse and maximise the potential of phages’
The UK’s Science, Innovation & Technology Committee has called for steps to develop the potential of bacteria-killing viruses that can provide an alternative to antibiotics that are attracting growing resistance.
