Category: Biological

World’s first malaria vaccination approved

European regulators give Mosquirix the green light to be used on babies at risk of the mosquito-borne disease in Africa. Source: World’s first malaria vaccination >>>

Posted: July 24, 2015 in Biological

Four-legged fossil suggests snakes evolved from burrowing ancestors

The discovery of a four-legged fossil of a snake hints that this suborder may have evolved from burrowing, rather than marine, ancestors. Source: Four-legged fossil >>>

Posted: July 23, 2015 in Biological

Scientists have developed an eye drop that can dissolve cataracts

Source: Scientists have developed an eye drop that can dissolve cataracts

Posted: July 23, 2015 in Biological

Radiation found in Greene County stream near water supply

Action News Investigates has learned high levels of radiation — up to 60 times higher than the maximum allowed in drinking water — have been >>>

Posted: July 16, 2015 in Biological

Scientists from UCLA and City of Hope have become the first to inhibit the mechanism of a protein that regulates a key process that causes >>>

Posted: July 12, 2015 in Biological

New chemical technology boosts potency of targeted cancer therapy

Source: New chemical technology boosts potency of targeted cancer therapy

Posted: June 19, 2015 in Biological

Earth’s sixth mass extinction has begun, new study confirms

Source: Earth’s sixth mass extinction has begun, new study confirms

Posted: June 19, 2015 in Biological, Editorial, Environmental

Eastern puma extinct, not endangered: wildlife authorities

IT HAD been known across North America as “the ghost cat”, having been rarely spotted in decades. Source: Eastern puma extinct, not endangered: wildlife authorities

Posted: June 19, 2015 in Biological, Environmental

Gene Turns Colorectal Cancer Cells Into Healthy Tissue

What if doctors could turn cancer cells into healthy cells? It would change everything about how we treat cancer. Researchers may have discovered a way >>>

Posted: June 19, 2015 in Biological

Humans will be extinct in 100 years says eminent scientist

Source: Humans will be extinct in 100 years says eminent scientist

Posted: June 19, 2015 in Biological