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Not the usual suspects: Novel genetic basis of pest resistance to biotech crops
A study reveals a novel genetic basis of resistance to transgenic crops in the corn earworm. To gain protection from this pest, crop plants had been genetically engineered to produce proteins from the common bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt.
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Loss of ‘nitrogen fixers’ threatens biodiversity and ecosystems
A new study reveals that increased nitrogen deposition from human activity is reducing the diversity and evolutionary distinctiveness of nitrogen-fixing plants, leading to simplified plant communities with fewer species of nitrogen fixers.
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$1.9M grant will help protect newborns from deadly condition
Nursing researchers will distribute training and resources to US health care providers to save infants from necrotizing enterocolitis.
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Genetic tracing at the Huanan Seafood market supports COVID animal origins
A study provides a list of the wildlife species present at the market from which SARS-CoV-2 most likely arose in late 2019, based on a new analysis of metatranscriptomic data released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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New study highlights scale and impact of long COVID
A wide range of biological mechanisms are involved in long Covid, including persistence of the original virus in the body, disruption of the normal immune response, and microscopic blood clotting, even in some people who had only mild initial infections.
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$1.8M NIH grant will help researchers follow a virus on its path to the nucleus
Researchers have been awarded a $1.8 million grant to learn how human papillomavirus makes its way to a cell’s nucleus.
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Fungi that live in healthy plants are sensitive to climate change
Findings more than a decade in the making reveal a rich diversity of beneficial fungi living in boreal forest trees, with implications for the health of forests.
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Disinfection is most effective way to prevent viral contamination of restroom surfaces
Closing the toilet lid before flushing does not reduce the spread of viral particles, a new study reveals.
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Researcher’s work on silent flagellins earns major award
Sara Clasen, a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, is the grand prize winner of the prestigious 2023 NOSTER & Science Microbiome Prize.