Some 5 million people are bitten each year worldwide, resulting in more than 100,000 deaths and approximately 400,000 amputations or disfigurements. These are the statistics on...
09/04/2016Geneticists at the University of Washington (United States) are studying the aging process in domestic animals*. According to them, certain common medications could help increas...
08/31/2016A recent study on language, published in the American journal *Science*, shows that humans may have only one monopoly: that of creativity in the use of words. This is because do...
08/30/2016A study* conducted by the University of Nottingham highlights a rapid decline in fertility among dogs due to an overall decrease in canine sperm quality over the past three deca...
08/10/2016American researchers have identified a substance capable of killing the parasites responsible for three deadly diseases: leishmaniasis ( Leishmania spp. ), sleeping sickness ( T...
08/09/2016The analysis of pan-genomic data from ancient and modern equines has provided a better understanding of the domestication process of equines. During this evolutionary process, s...
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