Immunology
Bat 'super immunity' could help protect people
For the first time researchers have uncovered a unique ability in bats which allows them to carry but remain unaffected by lethal diseases.
Feb 22, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Novel herpes virus isolated from bat cells
Researchers from Maryland and New York have identified a novel herpes virus in cells taken from a bat. The work, published this week in mSphere, the American Society for Microbiology's new open access journal, could lead ...
Feb 17, 2016
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Improving safety for volunteer wildlife rehabilitators
Volunteer wildlife rehabilitators in Australia help protect the public from diseases carried by bats. A new study provides recommendations for future investment by state and territory governments that could reduce health ...
Feb 3, 2016
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Map shows hotspots for bat-human virus transmission risk
West Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia are most at risk from bat viruses 'spilling over' into humans resulting in new emerging diseases, according to a new global map compiled by scientists at UCL, the Zoological ...
Jan 4, 2016
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Diabetes
Understanding the activation of BAT for improved diabetes treatment
Research into diabetes and obesity has made some huge strides in recent years. And one of the most promising findings is related to the functioning of BAT, home to brown adipocytes. BAT has been revealed to be a major site ...
Oct 20, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Shining a stochastic spotlight on Ebola
The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease, the worst since the disease first appeared in 1976, has claimed more than 11,000 lives in the West African nations of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, and a handful more in nearby ...
Jun 23, 2015
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Medical research
New study finds two ears attuned to high frequencies help us find objects using echoes
The ability that some people have to use echoes to determine the position of an otherwise silent object, in a similar way to bats and dolphins, requires good high-pitch hearing in both ears, according to new research from ...
May 8, 2015
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Neuroscience
In university basement, bats and owls offer clues into brain function
What can we learn about attention by studying bats and owls? In one corner of the basement of Ames Hall at the Johns Hopkins University, Cynthia Moss opened the door of a room where about a dozen Egyptian fruit bats dozed ...
Feb 21, 2015
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Hollow tree was Ebola's Ground Zero, scientists say
Insect-eating bats that inhabited a hollow tree in a remote village in Guinea may have been the source of the world's biggest Ebola epidemic, scientists said on Tuesday.
Dec 30, 2014
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Health
Harm from baseball concussions may linger, study finds
(HealthDay)—Even after they're cleared to play following a concussion, baseball players' batting skills are worse than normal, which suggests they may not be fully recovered, a new study suggests.
Nov 26, 2014
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