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Artificial cells are tiny bacteria fighters

"Lego block" artificial cells that can kill bacteria have been created by researchers at the University of California, Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering. The work is reported Aug. 29 in the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. "We engineered artificial cells from the bottom-up -- like Lego blocks -- to destroy bacteria," said Assistant Professor Cheemeng…

Nurseries Restore Staghorn Coral in the Florida Keys

Wide-eyed, she said, “This is what it should look like? It’s beautiful!” Despite spending a year helping to restore staghorn coral in the Florida Keys, this was the first time my snorkeling partner, Christina, from Coral Restoration Foundation had seen a huge staghorn colony in the wild. We were snorkeling at Pulaski Shoal, one of the…

Could a super snake emerge from Everglades pythons? New DNA study raises possibility

What started out as a straightforward genetic study of Florida’s invasive python population has turned up a surprising plot twist: a small number of crossbred Burmese and Indian pythons with the potential to become a kind of Everglades super snake. For the study, published Sunday in the journal Ecology and Evolution, U.S. Geological Survey researchers examined the tail…

Tracking the evolution and transmission of yellow fever

A pioneering Oxford University research collaboration into yellow fever virus (YFV) has shed new light on the exceptional recent outbreak in Brazil and how the virus spreads. The findings have implications for monitoring viral transmission and could potentially contribute to a strategy for eliminating YFV worldwide. Published in Science, the international collaboration coordinated by scientists from…

A Review on the Evolutionary Trajectories of mRNA BRCA1/2 Genes in Primates and the Implications of Cancer Susceptibility Variants within Immediate Human Populations

Tommy Rodriguez Department of Research & Development, Pangaea Biosciences, Miami, FL, USA Email: trodriguez[@]pangaeabio.com Rodriguez, T. (2018). A Review on the Evolutionary Trajectories of mRNA BRCA1/2 Genes in Primates and the Implications of Cancer Susceptibility Variants within Immediate Human Populations. Journal of Applied Life Sciences International, 2394-1103,Vol.: 18, Issue.: 2. DOI: 10.9734/JALSI/2018/43129. Abstract Researchers have…

What is red tide? Why is it killing fish? And can it make humans sick?

We’re answering some of your biggest questions about red tide and its impact on Manatee County and Anna Maria Island. What is red tide? According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: “A red tide, or harmful algal bloom, is a higher-than-normal concentration of a microscopic algae (plantlike organism). In Florida and the Gulf of…

Death toll from Hurricane Maria estimated to be larger than previously thought

The number of people who died as a result of Hurricane Maria -- which hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 -- may be as high as 1,139, surpassing the official death count of 64, according to researchers. The researchers used official government records to calculate the number, which took into account not just those…

How to make the gene-editing tool CRISPR work even better

Among the most significant scientific advances in recent years are the discovery and development of new ways to genetically modify living things using a fast and affordable technology called CRISPR. Now scientists at The University of Texas at Austin say they've identified an easy upgrade for the technology that would lead to more accurate gene…

First North American co-occurrence of Hadrosaur and Therizinosaur tracks found in Alaska

An international team of paleontologists and other geoscientists has discovered the first North American co-occurrence of hadrosaur and therizinosaur tracks in the lower Cantwell Formation within Denali National Park, suggesting that an aspect of the continental ecosystem of central Asia was also present in this part of Alaska during the Late Cretaceous. This comprehensive cross-disciplinary…

The Trump administration wants to roll back the Endangered Species Act. These 10 animals might not be here today without it.

Since it was passed 45 years ago, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has protected thousands of plants and animals that humans have pushed from their habitats and driven close to extinction. Today, there are more than 2,300 plants and animals with protected status in the US and abroad, with the Louisiana pine snake becoming the…

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Artificial cells are tiny bacteria fighters

Nurseries Restore Staghorn Coral in the Florida Keys

Could a super snake emerge from Everglades pythons? New DNA study raises possibility

Tracking the evolution and transmission of yellow fever

A Review on the Evolutionary Trajectories of mRNA BRCA1/2 Genes in Primates and the Implications of Cancer Susceptibility Variants within Immediate Human Populations

What is red tide? Why is it killing fish? And can it make humans sick?

Death toll from Hurricane Maria estimated to be larger than previously thought

How to make the gene-editing tool CRISPR work even better

First North American co-occurrence of Hadrosaur and Therizinosaur tracks found in Alaska

The Trump administration wants to roll back the Endangered Species Act. These 10 animals might not be here today without it.

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