Drugs and different treatments approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a specific disease can be repurposed for other pathologies. The application of applying FDA-approved drugs to other…
Category: 5. Biology
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Updated Requirements on Balances for Pharmaceutical Industry
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Mosquitoes may hold the key to saving endangered Australian wildlife
Scientists have discovered mosquitoes can act like tiny “flying wildlife surveyors,” helping researchers detect elusive and endangered animals in Australia’s national parks. A team from Macquarie University and the Department of Climate Change,…
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Coyote pupping season is here. You can help keep them safe.
It’s officially spring in the northern hemisphere and with the new season…
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Fungi Found to Trigger Ice Formation
A team of researchers from the United States and Germany has identified fungal proteins that can freeze water at relatively warm subzero temperatures, raising the prospect of safer cloud seeding, improved climate models and new advances in…
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Scientists Discover Bizarre New Tarantula Species Unlike Anything Seen Before
Four tarantulas discovered in Arabia and Africa form a new genus, Satyrex, distinguished by males with unusually long palps and burrowing lifestyles. Researchers recently identified four previously unknown tarantula species from the Arabian…
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Climate change is affecting microbes. It could have implications for all life on Earth
At first glance, Harvard Forest seems like an ordinary woodland. Oak trees shade the terrain among small shrubs and other trees, mostly maple, birch and beech. Fallen leaves coat the ground below. What makes this 1,600-hectare patch of…
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LGM Pharma expands U.S. manufacturing, bringing total investment to $15M across Texas and Colorado sites
LGM Pharma, a leading provider of tailored API sourcing, contract analytical testing, and CDMO services for the full drug product lifecycle, today announced the second phase of its CDMO growth strategy, committing an additional $9…
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Myth defanged: Baby rattlesnake bites aren't more dangerous than bites from adult rattlesnakes
Baby rattlesnake bites are less dangerous than bites from adult rattlesnakes, according to a new study from Loma Linda University that summarizes the origin, transmission, and prevalence of the longstanding myth that baby rattlesnake bites are…
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Scientists discover tiny rocket engines inside malaria parasites
- The malaria parasite is packed with tiny crystals that spin nonstop, a strange behavior that puzzled scientists for decades.
- Researchers have now discovered that these crystals are powered by the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide, a reaction…
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