By Zohorul Islam From September 30 to October 2, 2015, representatives from public health, medical and veterinary sectors joined scientists working in…
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The Student Blog Combating multidrug resistant bacteria: recap from ICOHAR 2015 conferenceRead more
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The Student Blog Broad-spectrum antimicrobials: Considering ‘Holobiont’ welfareRead more
The discovery of antibiotics (also referred to as antimicrobials) is perhaps the most revolutionary outcome in the medical sciences during the twentieth…
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The Student Blog Archaeology and Conservation in the Tropical Forests of the Central African RepublicRead more
The tropical forests and savannas of Africa play a central, symbolic role in our modern dialogue about wilderness, conservation, and land management…
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Memory A new role for an old Alzheimer’s-related proteinRead more
Loss of memory is a well-established symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. Also, cognitive impairment and personality changes are also observed in these patients…
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The Student Blog Is Facebook making you sad? Research evaluating social media use and impacts on mental well-being inconclusiveRead more
There are more than 500 million people interacting with Facebook from countries all over the world every single day, and that number…
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PLoS Pathogens and Defense: Speakers recap from the 6th EMBO MeetingRead more
By Meredith Wright From September 5-8, scientists converged on Birmingham, UK for the 6th European Molecular Biology Organization Meeting. EMBO is an…
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Better surveillance and improved sampling tactics of wild animal populations could impact public healthRead more
What do Ebola, rabies and bovine tuberculosis have in common? The answer is that they are all zoonotic diseases, which are diseases…
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Global Health 9-2-15 PLOS Science Wednesday AMA Preview: River blindness programs improve health outcomes: Evidence for increased prioritization of NTDs in post-2015 global health agendaRead more
River blindness (onchocerciasis) is an onerous neglected tropical disease (NTD) and the second-leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. Onchocerciasis is transmitted by…
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The Student Blog Climate Capital: Assessing the hidden value of coastal ecosystemsRead more
Measuring the fiscal value of ecosystems Ecosystems provide both direct and indirect services to the environment. Direct services are the ones we…
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Bacteria Legionnaire’s in 2015: Cutting Edge Research Clashing with Public Health UnpreparednessRead more
By Meredith Wright In 1976, the American Legion, a veterans group still active today, met in Philadelphia, PA for a three-day convention…
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The Student Blog In “My Virtual Dream”, art and science unite in unique study of neurofeedbackRead more
In 2013, art and science merged like never before at Toronto’s Nuit Blanche art festival when guests were given the opportunity to participate in…
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The Student Blog Seeing like a computer: What neuroscience can learn from computer scienceRead more
By Marta Kryven What do computers and brains have in common? Computers are made to solve the same problems that brains solve…