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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.