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New strain of 'deadly' bird flu
Posted in Medicine on 5th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
Experts are concerned about the spread of a new strain of bird flu that has already killed one woman in China.
Suspicious Virus Makes Rare Cross-Kingdom Leap From Plants to Honeybees
Posted in Science on 2nd Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
The tobacco ringspot virus, scientists announced last week, has made a jump that defies credulity.
Evolution Can Select for Evolvability, Penn Biologists Find
Posted in Science on 16th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller
Evolution does not operate with a goal in mind; it does not have foresight. But organisms that have a greater capacity to evolve may fare better in rapidly changing environments.
Future Antiaging treatments and the case of vaccines against viruses that cause cancer
Posted in Medicine on 11th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller
There is the potential for vaccines to treat the viruses that cause up to 20% of cancers poorer countries.