All Veterinary Medicine & Zoonoses articles – Page 5
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NewsNovel molecular maneuver helps malaria parasite dodge the immune system
Researchers have discovered how a parasite that causes malaria when transmitted through a mosquito bite can hide from the body’s immune system. Plasmodium falciparum can shut down a key set of genes, rendering itself “immunologically invisible.”
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NewsFamily of parasite proteins presents new potential malaria treatment target
Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and the Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM) have shown that the evolution of a family of exported proteins in the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum enabled it to infect humans. Source: Ernst Hempelmann Ring stage of Plasmodium falciparum in human red blood ...
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NewsWorld’s largest bat organoid platform paves the way for pandemic preparedness
Researchers have created the world’s most comprehensive bat organoid platform. These ’mini-organs’ are grown from five common bat species found across Asia and Europe and represent four different organs—airway, lungs, kidneys, and small intestine.
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NewsChimpanzees use medicinal leaves to clean and treat their wounds
Scientists studying chimpanzees in Budongo Forest, Uganda, have observed that these primates don’t just treat their own injuries, but care for others, too — information which could shed light on how our ancestors first began treating wounds and using medicines.
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NewsEchidna microbiome changes while mums nurse puggle
Research shows microbial communities in echidna pseudo-pouches undergo dramatic changes while the animal is lactating, which could help in creating an environment for their young, known as puggles, to thrive.
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NewsNew vaccine protects against swine, human and bird flu
Annual flu shots could become a thing of the past under a new vaccine strategy. A new study describes a vaccine that protects against H1N1 swine flu and can also protect against influenza in humans and birds.
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NewsActivating ‘jumping genes’ speeds up bacterial evolution from decades to weeks
Scientists have developed a system to control and accelerate the evolution of changes in the bacterial genome structure, targeting small ‘jumping genes’, or DNA sequences known as insertion sequences.
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NewsNew film series ‘The Deadly Five’ highlights global animal infectious diseases
The EU-funded WiLiMan-ID project is excited to announce the launch of a brand-new short film series, The Deadly Five. This series is aimed at raising awareness of five critical animal infectious diseases, classified as high priority.
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NewsScientists uncover secrets of cryo-EM structures of Nipah virus polymerase complex
A new investigation into the cryo-EM structures of Nipah virus polymerase complex reveals highly varied interactions between L and P proteins among paramyxoviruses.
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NewsGlobal Virus Network meeting unites Caribbean and Latin America to tackle emerging viral threats
A two-day summit focused on collaborative strategies to bolster viral surveillance, diagnostics, vaccine research, and pandemic preparedness across Latin America and the Caribbean, challenges intensified by climate change and globalization.
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NewsGlobal review of bird flu in cats points to risk of another pandemic
Bird flu (H5N1) is rapidly evolving into the possibility of a human pandemic, say researchers who have been documenting research on bird flu in cats and calling for urgent surveillance of cats to help avoid human-to-human transmission.
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NewsResearch collaboration takes ‘one health’ approach to study Chagas disease
Researchers have received more than $4 million from federal and non-governmental organizations to support research on Chagas disease prevalence, diagnostics and treatment to benefit both dogs and humans.
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NewsViruses under the super microscope: How influenza viruses communicate with cells
Scientists have characterized a new model of influenza A infection: binding to MHC class II complexes as an alternative receptor and the associated dynamic reorganization of the cell surface.
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NewsBat virus evolution suggests wildlife trade sparked COVID-19 virus emergence in humans
The ancestor of the virus that causes COVID-19 left its point of origin in Western China or Northern Laos just several years before the disease first emerged in humans up to 2,700 kilometers away in Central China, suggesting the wildlife trade played a role.
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NewsInvasive rats and rainforest mammals are sharing gut microbes as urban areas grow
As urban development continues to creep further into Earth’s oldest and most diverse rainforests, a study reveals native and invasive small mammals aren’t just adapting to their changing habitats—they may also be sharing their microbes.
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NewsUrban rats spread deadly bacteria as they migrate, study finds
Urban rats spread deadly bacteria as they migrate within cities that can be the source of a potentially life-threatening disease in humans, according to a six-year study that also discovered a novel technique for testing rat kidneys.
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NewsBirds hold remarkable clues to fighting human and animal infections
Researchers have uncovered a remarkable evolutionary adaptation in birds that could hold vital clues for combating avian flu and respiratory infections in humans, including pneumonia and COVID-19.
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NewsTick researchers identify new strain of rickettsia bacteria that causes spotted fever infections in humans
In a residential backyard in Maine, researchers stumbled upon a surprise finding: rabbit ticks harboring a new type of bacteria related to a group of pathogens that can cause sometimes life-threatening spotted fever rickettsioses (SFR) infections in humans.
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NewsAtomic imaging and AI offer new insights into motion of parasite behind sleeping sickness
Researchers applied leading-edge atomic imaging and AI-driven modeling to create the most detailed 3D map yet of the flagellum on Trypanosoma brucei, which causes sleeping sickness.
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NewsInfectious disease surveillance platform BEACON launches as a new open-source global resource
The Biothreats Emergence, Analysis and Communications Network (BEACON), an open-source infectious diseases monitoring tool powered by AI and human experts, has been launched.