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Research published this week in the journal Vaccine, reports field trials of the oral vaccine SAG2 in Ethiopian wolves,Africa’s most threatened carnivore and the world’s rarest canid. The trials, undertaken by the University of...

The black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens, could help solve global food shortages by feeding livestock. It can even be used to make diesel fuel. Ed Rybicki’s insight:And of course, they’ll end with viruses, so...

The Zika virus behind an outbreak in Singapore was not imported from South America, Singapore’s Ministry of Health said in a statement Saturday. Ed Rybicki’s insight:This is important – because it SHOULD be taken...

It was already known that genes inherited from ancient retroviruses are essential to the placenta in mammals. Scientists have now revealed a new chapter in this astonishing story: these genes of viral origin may...

A team of researchers from Florida State University, Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health has found existing drug compounds that can both stop Zika from replicating in the body and from...

Background De novo genome assembly using NGS data remains a computation-intensive task especially for large genomes. In practice, efficiency is often a primary concern and favors using a more efficient assembler like SOAPdenovo2. Yet...

Insertions and Deletions (Indels) are the most common form of structural variation in human genome. Indels not only contribute to genetic diversity but also cause diseases. Therefore assessing indels in human genome has become...

The Zika virus is scary…. Worries about Zika are already being used as cudgels in the culture wars. Religious conservatives have questioned the use of ab Ed Rybicki’s insight:Now I would add transgenic plants making...

This blog was written by Kevin Folta, chair of the horticultural department at the University of Florida. Kevin hosts a Talking Biotech podcast each week, See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Why Bangladesh's...

For the 50th anniversary of “Star Trek,” physicist David Grier explains how he made the tractor beam a reality.Ed Rybicki’s insight:Of course he did…B-) See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Physicist builds tractor...