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New way to bump off ticks: dry up their saliva

Saliva from a tick’s bite can transmit pathogens that cause serious illnesses, such as Lyme disease, and significant agricultural losses. Current insecticides have drawbacks, so scientists have been seeking new...

1 October, 2019
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Breakthrough as NARO develops anti-tick vaccine

Scientists at the National Agriculture Research Organization-NARO have made a breakthrough in developing an anti-tick vaccine which is expected to give a long-lasting solution to the tick problem affecting farmers...

18 September, 2019
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Researchers find building mutations into Ebola virus protein disrupts ability to cause disease and activates protective immunity researchers find building mutations into Ebola virus protein disrupts ability to cause disease and activates protective immunity

Creating mutations in a key Ebola virus protein that helps the deadly virus escape from the body’s defenses can make the virus unable to produce sickness and activate protective immunity in the infected host, according...

18 September, 2019
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Cracking “virus code” could help fight cancer

Virus experts from Cardiff University’s School of Medicine have uncovered, for the first time, how a virus known as Adenovirus type 26 (Ad26), which has been used effectively in a tamed form as a vaccine, can infect...

6 September, 2019
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