African trypanosomiasis, also known as African sleep sickness or sleepiness encephalitis, is a zoonotic parasitic disease transmitted by trypanosomes through the bite of tsetse flies. It rages in sub-Saharan Africa, with high prevalence in some endem...
2020-11-03Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin-Madison genetically modified the h1n1 virus that caused the flu outbreak in 2009 to \"dodge\" the antibodies produced by the immune system, effectively rendering humans unable to resist the r...
2020-11-03A new research report published by Chinese and American scientists shows that there is a gene named Nix that can make Aedes aegypti, which transmit dengue fever and yellow fever, become male. This is the first time that the \"sex determination p...
2020-11-03my country has abundant mini-pig resources. Dozens of institutions have carried out experimental animalization studies on nearly 10 types of mini-pigs, and have cultivated Wuzhishan mini-pigs, Banna mini-pigs, Guizhou mini-pigs, Bama mini-pigs, China...
2020-11-03At present, researchers have discovered that a genetic mutation related to the increased risk of eating disorders in humans can also cause mice to exhibit several behavioral abnormalities that look very similar to those in patients with anorexia nerv...
2020-11-03Like many newborn mammals, young mice will use crying to attract mother mice\'s attention. However, a mother mouse is not born to recognize such shouts. She must learn to recognize the voices of offspring—just as a parent learns to recognize the cry ...
2020-11-03Heart repair studies after myocardial infarction found that myocardial cell proliferation is the main factor restricting adult mammalian heart regeneration...
2020-11-03Analyze the breeding and identification and adjustment methods of Ifnar gene knockout mice to provide an ideal animal model for a variety of virus research...
2020-11-03The latest research by scientists from the Francis Crick Institute in the Journal of Experimental Medicine shows that signals from two key proteins are essential for the survival of our \"immune memory\"...
2020-11-02According to a study published online on October 14 in the International Journal of Clinical Practice, smoking has negative effects on psoriasis, including increased nail involvement and cardiovascular disease incidence, and a higher psoriasis area a...
2020-11-02Although the current antiretroviral therapy for HIV is very effective, data shows that compared with people without HIV, people living with HIV seem to experience accelerated aging and their life span is shortened by five to ten years...
2020-11-02In a review published in the journal Science, Dr. Hadi T. Nia and Dr. Lance L. Munn from Harvard Medical School described four different physical characteristics of cancer and microenvironmental characteristics that affect cancer cells and tumors, wh...
2020-11-02Extracellular vesicles (EV) are nano-sized vesicles released by normal and diseased cells. As a new form of intercellular communication, it can be used as an effective therapeutic carrier for genes and drugs...
2020-11-02The composition of soil fungal communities is complex and diverse, including species with diverse functions ranging from plant pathogens to symbiotic bacteria. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in symbiotic bacteria can help plants obtain the phosph...
2020-11-02Denisovans are a newly discovered group of ancient humans. They are sister groups with Neanderthals who were once widely distributed in Europe. They have genetic contributions to modern Oceania, East Asia, South Asia and Native American populations...
2020-11-02Recently, Duan Mojie, an associate researcher of the theoretical and computational chemistry group of the Institute of Precision Measurement Science and Technology Innovation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and others used computational simulatio...
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