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Study of Soberana Plus vaccine candidate continues Study of Soberana Plus vaccine candidate continues 20 de abril de 2021, 0:0Havana, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) Studies of Cubas Soberana Plus vaccine candidate continue in this capital in order to reinforce the protection and responsiveness of Covid-19 convalescing patients in the face of a possible reinfection. This is phase II A of clinical trials of this vaccine candidate from the Finlay Vaccines Institute (IFV), whose study is being carried ...

 E-Mail The worldwide adoption of biotechnologies to improve crop production has stalled, putting global food security at risk, according to an international team of researchers led by the University of Birmingham. The group, which includes economists, plant breeders and plant scientists, is calling on governments worldwide to put in place policies and regulations that will drive progress in this area. In an article published in the 25th anniversary edition of Trends in Plant Science, the gro...

 E-Mail Dietary sugars and gut microbes play a key role in promoting malaria parasite infection in mosquitoes. Researchers in China have uncovered evidence that mosquitoes fed a sugar diet show an increased abundance of the bacterial species Asaia bogorensis, which enhances parasite infection by raising the gut pH level. The study appears April 20 in the journal Cell Reports. "Our work opens a new path for investigations into the role of mosquito-microbiota metabolic interactions concerning t...

Thomas Hunt Morgan Essay Thomas Hunt Morgan was an influential biologist and embryologist. Over the course of his career, Morgan published twenty-two books and over three hundred fifty different journal articles. He is most well-known for his work with the common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. He determined that genes, coding for certain observable differences in phenotype or appearance, were carried on chromosomes, making chromosomes, and not cytoplasm, the mechanical basis of heredity. ...

Genetically Modified Mosquitos to Be Released in Florida Keys In an effort to fight insect-borne viruses like Zika, dengue fever and malaria, genetically modified mosquitoes are set to be released in the Florida Keys. U.K.-based biotechnology company Oxitec has partnered with the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District in an effort to control the invasive and disease-spreading female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the region. Oxitecs male mosquitoes -- which dont bite, unlike the recently-discovere...

Dr. Manny Alvarez answers if mosquitoes can be a carrier of coronavirus and transmit the illness to another person In an effort to fight insect-borneviruses like Zika, dengue fever and malaria, genetically modified mosquitoes are set to be released in the Florida Keys. U.K.-basedbiotechnology company Oxitec has partnered with the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District in an effort to control the invasive and disease-spreading female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the region. Oxitecs male mosquit...

Scientists grow human-monkey embryos for the first time The creation of hybrid embryos has triggered a debate within the scientific community SPAIN: Scientists have successfully grown monkey embryos containing human cells for the first time, according to a paper published in the journal Cell on Thursday. According to lead researcher, Juan Carlos Izpisua told Spain’s El Mundo the goal is not to create a living hybrid animal. The embryos were never implanted into monkeys, nor do the scientists ...

First GMO Mosquitoes to Be Released In the Florida Keys 3,650 This spring, the biotechnology company Oxitec plans to release genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. Oxitec says its technology will combat dengue fever, a potentially life-threatening disease, and other mosquito-borne viruses—such as Zika— mainly transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. While there have been more than 7,300 dengue cases reported in the United States between 2010 and 2020, a majority are co...

Vaccines highlight differences between capitalism and socialism By Joshua Hanks posted on April 12, 2021 Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, it became clear which countries had effective responses to the spread of the virus, and which did not.  Under capitalism limited supplies despite clear need. Wuhan, China, underwent a strict lockdown for 76 days, successfully bringing the virus under control in the world’s first city to identify an outbreak. The rest of China also controlled the virus,...

news Xinhua Headlines: Trust in Chinese vaccines gives European countries head start in global inoculation race Shi Zhongyu,unreguser,Yuan Liang,Zhang Xiuzhi Xinhua Headlines: Trust in Chinese vaccines gives European countries head start in global inoculation race Replay Video UP NEXT -- "I think that the Chinese vaccines are good for all people, and so we trust this vaccine. We support our countrys cooperation with China in fighting COVID-19," said Jovanka Adamovic, a Serbian,...