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Lactococcus lactis bacteria have been engineered to produce skin-healing proteins and could be useful for treating diabetic ulcers Health 15 March 2022 By Alice Klein Lactococcus lactis bacteria seen in a scanning electron microscope image STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Cheese-making bacteria have been engineered to produce skin repair proteins that promote rapid healing when applied … Read more
It’s a common pattern during hunting season in the winter: Hunters shoot elk or deer, then eagles scavenge the waste. That scavenged meal may have deadly consequences for eagles, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. The researchers detected high rates of lead poisoning among the two most common types of eagles in … Read more
An analysis of gene activity in pain neurons could help identify the most promising drug targets and reveal how pain pathways differ between men and women Health 16 February 2022 By Jason Arunn Murugesu A dorsal root ganglion, a cluster of nerve cell bodies, seen under a microscope JOSE CALVO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A map of … Read more
When the first wave of coronavirus infections hit the U.S. in March 2020, what kept me up at night was not only the tragedy of the acute crisis but also the idea that we might soon be facing a second crisis—a pandemic of chronic illness triggered by the virus. I had just finished reporting and … Read more
If you ever come across a king baboon spider (Pelinobius muticus), which lives primarily in Tanzania and Kenya, keep your distance: Its bite and the associated venom aren’t fatal but do produce a lot of pain and itchiness that can last for days. Scientists think they have worked out why the spider’s venom is … Read more