WHO received notification through the Global Polio Laboratory Network of the detection of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) from an environmental sample collected on 20 April 2019 in a hospital in Northern Cameroon. Read more in who.int
Category Archives: News
In 2018, a Chinese researcher shocked the world by announcing the birth of two gene-edited babies. The mutations may have hurt, not helped. Read more in nationalgeographic.com
Despite a coordinated response and a vaccine, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s struggle with the deadly virus seems to have no quick end in sight. Read more in nationalgeographic.com
Altruism, the most elevated of behaviors, may seem alien to lowly bacteria. But in fact, individual bacteria have been known to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the bacterial colonies to which they belong. Read more in genengnews.com
A fungus – genetically enhanced to produce spider toxin – can rapidly kill huge numbers of the mosquitoes that spread malaria, a study suggests. Read more in bbc.com
Erasmus MC and Leiden University Medical Center to co-participate in GenomeScan BV and extend their collaboration in the field of molecular diagnostics and R&D Read more in genomescan.nl
Read more in genengnews.com
A study has launched to test whether a vaccine developed by Arizona State University scientists could actually prevent cancer in dogs. Read more in eu.azcentral.com
US scientist says it will be possible to rank embryos by ‘potential IQ’ within 10 years. Read more in theguardian.com
Bacteria of the human gut microbiome (yellow) are populating the intestinal epithelial channel of the anaerobic Intestine Chip that maintains gut-like low-oxygen concentrations. Read more in m.phys.org