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Researchers team up with viruses to evolve a better insecticide

2016-05-02 15:30:59| Extremetech

A collaborative team of researchers just used viruses to chivvy along evolution, resulting in a new bacterial toxin useful on pesticide-resistant insects. It calls to mind that old saying: the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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New Study Examines Threat of Novel Swine Flu Viruses in Pigs and Humans

2016-04-27 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

UK - The wide diversity of flu in pigs across multiple continents, mostly introduced from humans, highlights the significant potential of new swine flu strains emerging, according to a study to be published in eLife.

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Scientists find abandoned drug effective against two human viruses

2016-03-28 15:27:18| Extremetech

This success with multiple RNA-based viruses gives researchers hope that some of the most dangerous human pathogens could be treated.

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Scientists uncover history of ancient viruses as far back as 30 million years ago

2016-03-08 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] Researchers from Boston College, US, have revealed the global spread of an ancient group of retroviruses that affected about 28 of 50 modern mammals' ancestors some 15 to 30 million years ago. Retroviruses are abundant in nature and include human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV-1 and -2) and human T-cell leukemia viruses. The scientists' findings on a specific group of these viruses called ERV-Fc, to be published in the journal eLife, show that they affected a w…

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