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Snake Bites: Vipers, Mambas, and Other Taipans Are Behind a Global Health Crisis
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...
Aging: Dogs, Too, Can Hope to Live Longer
Geneticists at the University of Washington (United States) are studying the aging process in domestic animals*. According to them, certain common medications could help increas...
Human-Animal Communication: Dogs Can Distinguish Words and the Intonation of Human Speech
A 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...
Declining Fertility in Dogs: A Boon for Human Research
A 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...
Research: Toward a New Treatment for Three Neglected Parasitic Diseases
American researchers have identified a substance capable of killing the parasites responsible for three deadly diseases: leishmaniasis ( Leishmania spp. ), sleeping sickness ( T...
Evolution and Domestication: A Study of the Horse’s Genomics Sheds Light on Its History
The 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...