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Ivory DNA sequencing tracks elephant poaching hotspots
The illicit trade in elephant ivory has been a ridiculous problem since the 1980′s, when Asian and African elephants were decimated to such a level that they made it onto Appendix One (“most...
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Turning insect viruses into cancer therapies
Gene therapy is a pretty promising approach for lots of different diseases, and has already overcome a huge hurdle with the approval of the very first gene therapy product, Glybera, by the European...
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Clouds of decoy viruses help cure genetic disease
Helpful viruses get protected by decoy viruses in the bloodstream. Maddy Cow. The presence of foreign objects, like viruses, in our bloodstream is usually a bad thing. Evolution has created some...
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A Marvellous Month of Science
Fungal extracts prevent hepatitis C virus infection Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a huge cause of liver cancer, but current treatments are very expensive and not that great. Since HCV is a cunning little...
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Kiss Me Under the Parasitic Angiosperm
Mistletoe is held in high regard at this time of year. No Christmas decorations are complete without a garland of cheerful mistletoe hanging on the door, or suspended prettily from the rafters as an...
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