While amyloid fibril aggregates are known to cause numerous diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and Parkinson’s disease, researchers have now shown...
07/03/2020The new Shanghai Ranking of the world's best universities, which covers 54 different disciplines, has just been published by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy . In the veterinary...
07/02/2020While infectious disease outbreaks are generally understudied in marine mammals compared to their terrestrial counterparts, a new study points to certain environmental factors a...
07/02/2020In recent years, emerging diseases have increasingly made headlines. Avian influenza, Zika, Ebola, and now COVID-19—these diseases of animal origin pose particularly complex and...
06/30/2020Climate change and rising global temperatures will affect animal health, particularly that of dogs. Dogs are at increased risk of heat-related illnesses, especially older dogs,...
06/25/2020Although the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is a zoonotic disease—that is, one of animal origin—it currently infects only humans, with the exception of a few rare cases. But scien...
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