By Marian Turner of Nature magazine Germany aims to shorten the time it takes for information on infectious-disease outbreaks to reach federal authorities from up to 18 days to just three, after this year's outbreak of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli killed 53 people. [More]
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By Marian Turner of Nature magazine Engineered bacteria that can detect and kill human pathogens could provide a new way to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Read More »Antibody That Binds to All Influenza A Viruses Could Lead to a Universal Flu Vaccine
By Marian Turner of Nature magazine Scientists have found an antibody that inactivates all influenza A subtypes. [More]
Read More »Tiny Artificial Human Livers Put into Mice
By Marian Turner of Nature magazine The unique physiology of the human liver means that the toxicity of some candidate drugs is not picked up during preclinical tests in animals. [More]
Read More »Big Donation Drives Effort to End Lab Tests on Dogs
By Marian Turner of Nature magazine Man's best friend bears a heavy burden in the pharmaceutical industry. [More]
Read More »Aerodynamic-Sensing Hairs on Wings Keep Bats Flying
By Marian Turner of Nature magazine Bats use tiny hairs to sense the speed and direction of air flowing over their wings.
Read More »Phage May Have Been Key to Europe’s Deadly E. Coli Outbreak
By Marian Turner of Nature magazine Women, beansprouts, cucumbers, bacteria, cows: the cast of the current European Escherichia coli outbreak is already a crowd. [More]
Read More »Stem Cells Repair Muscle Damaged by Heart Attack
By Marian Turner of Nature magazine Time might heal metaphorical heartbreak, but an injured heart can rarely repair itself. [More]
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