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Public health concern is a possible emergence of malaria in new regions, Baylor researcher says.
A type of mosquito that transmits malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the first time, and the discovery has implications for putting more people at risk for malaria in new regions, according to a study led by a Baylor University researcher. The mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, normally is found in the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent […]
Simple sea anemones not so simple after all: Tube-dwelling anemones have largest mitochondrial genome on record
New research on tube anemones is challenging everything that evolutionary biologists thought they knew about sea animal genetics. The mitochondrial DNA of the tube anemone, or Ceriantharia, is a real head scratcher, from its unexpected arrangement to its previously unimagined magnitude. Simple sea anemones not so simple after all: Tube-dwelling anemones have largest mitochondrial genome […]
Charlotte Talks: Safety And Quality Of Charlotte’s Drinking Water / Mosquito Control In Carolinas
A look at the work that goes into keeping Charlotte tap water safe and at some of the challenges in doing so. Then, mosquitos love our city and we hear about research to predict where mosquito-borne diseases will occur. Part One: Charlotte’s Drinking Water Quality We don’t think much about it when we turn on […]
On Air with Charlotte Talks: Check Up On This Year’s Nasty Flu Season
Listen to the Charlotte Talks conversation on the 2017-2018 Winter flu: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/wfae/audio/2018/01/CTPOD20180123b.mp3 On Air with Charlotte Talks: Check Up On This Year’s Nasty Flu Season
A leopard may not change its spots but venomous creatures change their venom recipe often
Darwinism at work, as sea anemones adapt their venom to accommodate changing prey and sea conditions For a long time scientists believed that an animal’s venom was consistent over time. However, through a close study of sea anemones, researchers found that animals change their venom several times over the course of a lifetime, adapting the […]
“Virus Tracking” University of North Carolina Television (WUNC, a PBS affiliate)
CHARLOTTE — Scientists have confirmed the Zika virus is spread through bites from mosquitos of the aedes (a-deez) species: the same mosquitoes that spread dengue fever. But just how does the bite of a mosquito, which doesn’t fly very far, create a worldwide epidemic? Daniel Janies, Ph.D., a professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics at the […]
Mapping Frog, Newt Genomes for Medical Discovery
The golden poison dart frog (Phylobates terribilis) is one of the most toxic animals in the world. The frogs, which measure only five centimeters, have enough poison to kill ten grown men. The toxin in these frogs is so effective, explains Denis Machado, a doctoral student from the Inter-units Graduate Program in Bioinformatics at the […]
Guest Speakers: Medical, Biomedical, & Biodefense: Support to the Warfighter Symposium
The Offices of United States Senator Richard Burr and United States Senator Thom Tillis, the North Carolina Military Business Center, the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, the North Carolina Military Foundation and the University of North Carolina are pleased to host the Medical, Biomedical & Biodefense: Support to the Warfighter Symposium on June 7 in Raleigh […]
UNC system video features Big Data
Mirsad Hadzikadic, along with collaborators at N.C. State and UNC Chapel Hill, are interviewed for the UNC ROI video “Building Big Data Infrastructure.” UNC system video features Big Data
Mutations acquired trans-Pacific may be key to changes in Zika severity
The Zika virus remains a mystery. Isolated from macaque monkeys in the Ziika Forest in Uganda in 1947, the virus was shown to infect humans not long after, but it was identified as a benign disease, with mild symptoms. For this reason, it was not heavily studied until almost 70 years later when it appeared […]