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97% of Earth’s land area may no longer be ecologically intact Only between 2% and 3% of the Earth’s terrestrial surface can be considered ecologically intact, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. This percentage is drastically lower than past assessments, which estimated it to be between 20% and 40%, because it factored in loss of species from intact habitat as well as reduced populations of species. The findings show however that a focus of restoration of specific species in intact habitat could recover ecological inte...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Schematic of our proposed evolutionary history of the nCoV clade and putative events leading to the emergence of SARS-CoV-2. view more  Credit: MacLean OA, et al. (2021), Natural selection in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in bats created a generalist virus and highly capable human pathogen. PLoS Biol 19(3): e3001115. CC-BY... How much did SARS-CoV-2 need to change in order to adapt to its new human host? In a research article published in the open access journal PLOS Biology Oscar MacLean, Spyros Lytras at the University of Glasgow, and colleagues, show that since Dece...

Three Days Online Certificate Course On Art Of Contesting Criminal Matters By Legal Expatiate [12th To 14th March 2021] Share This - x Legal Expatiate is an initiative to bring together the best talent of this country and to infuse them with a nation-first attitude. An active forum of researchers, professionals, and students where they arrange webinars of Senior Advocates, High Court Judges and other luminaries, where they arrange various competitions like Research Article Writing Competition, Moot Court Competitions,... Your free access to Live Law has expired To read the article, get...

Financial Express (India) – Mutation in spike protein makes coronavirus eight times more infectious, study finds The Hindu Business Line (India) – Mutations in Covid-19 spike protein make it 8 times more contagious Swiss Info – A mutation in SARS-Cov-2 protein S makes it eight times more infectious (translated) Renascença (Portugal) – Covid-19: viruses can be up to eight times more infectious due to protein mutation (translated) Sinembargo (México) – Mutation in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 makes it 8 times more infectious (translated) Lenta (Russia) – Coronavirus has become ...

Credit: Michele Blackwell on Unsplash, CC0 Genetically determined vitamin D levels do not have a large effect on risk of type 1 diabetes in Europeans, according to a study published 25th February 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Despoina Manousaki from the CHU Sainte Justine and the University of Montreal, Canada and colleagues. Type 1 diabetes is a relatively common autoimmune disease that inflicts substantial lifelong illness and significant economic burden. Its incidence is increasing worldwide, and there are no known interventions that can be used to prevent the disease. ...