Genomic study of tubeworms reveals clues on how species adapt to extreme deep-sea environments
A new paper published in BMC Biology contributes to unravel adaptations of organisms to extreme chemosynthetic environments, evolution of the… Read more »
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Your DNA may underlie the severity of your concussion symptoms
Neuropathologists Lili-Naz Hazrati and Nicole Schwab explain how genetic variation could make different people more susceptible to neurodegenerative… Read more »
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World’s largest rodent and its role in the emergence of Brazilian spotted fever
A recent study looks at how human impact on the landscape impacts large rodents, the tick populations they support, and a deadly… Read more »
Highlights of the BMC series: October 2019
Domestic abuse teams in hospital • Medications and dementia risk • Strategies to respond to vaccine misinformation on social… Read more »
A groovy kind of protein?
In the first of a series of blog posts on structural biology, we present research featured recently in BMC Molecular and Cell… Read more »
Pneumonia is a major threat to public health – why don’t we acknowledge the fact?
Today is the 10th anniversary of the World Pneumonia Day, which aims to increase awareness that pneumonia is a major global… Read more »
Parasitic and fungal infections play a significant role in porpoise strandings
Around 2000 cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are stranded each year across the world and, unfortunately, this number is… Read more »
Ensuring safe drinking water in Rohingya camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
A new study published in Gut Pathogens and supported by UNICEF, reveals high levels of contamination of source water from… Read more »
What vaccination means for mankind: Insights from the Vaxvox launch meeting
The One Health Platform organized a one-day meeting at the Natural History Museum of Berlin in Germany, which served as the formal… Read more »
Snorkels to save salmon
A year-long study confirms the usefulness of depth-based cages to protect farmed Atlantic salmon from sea lice infestation.