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Uganda’s scientists strive to use biotechnology to solve agricultural, health and environmental challenges
It is morning time, we are in a hotel based at the center of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, ...
Why biodiversity might not always be such a good thing for our health
While some think of the "dilution effect" as settled science, some ecologists argue that claiming conservation will broadly reduce disease ...
Avoiding the unexpected: Zika, malaria-fighting gene drive in mosquitoes has built-in safety net
Concerns about CRISPR gene drives and other CRISPR applications have to do with the possibility that something could go wrong ...
Olympic health update: Zika vaccines, GMO mosquitoes, and snake oils
There's progress on a vaccine to combat as well as biotech solutions but there are also fake Zika solutions being ...
Gene driving to combat insect-borne diseases: Powerful tool requiring science diplomacy
Gene drives raise ethical and practical concerns. What are the communication challenges? ...
Gene therapy for malaria: Benefits far outweigh the risks
There's a new treatment emerging for malaria, a kind of gene therapy that makes the malaria parasite more susceptible to ...
Chimera alert? Myths and facts of human-non-human animal hybrids in medicine
Science is making leaps and bounds creating part human and part non-human animal tissues and organs. The applications are medical, ...