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Mosquitos in Asia and the Americas More Susceptible to Zika Virus
Abby Olena, PhD | Nov 19, 2020 | 4 min read
A study explains how Zika was present among mosquitoes in Africa for decades without causing the harm to human health seen outside the continent in recent years.
Frogs Fight Back From Fungal Attack
Ruth Williams | Mar 29, 2018 | 3 min read
A decade after chytridiomycosis killed scores of amphibians in Panama, some species are recovering. New research indicates why.  
Do Pathogens Gain Virulence as Hosts Become More Resistant?
Andrew F. Read and Peter J. Kerr | Oct 1, 2017 | 10+ min read
Emerging infections provide clues about how pathogens might evolve when farm animals are protected from infection.
Infographic: Evolving Virulence
Andrew F. Read and Peter J. Kerr | Sep 30, 2017 | 2 min read
Tracking the myxoma virus in the wild rabbit populations of Australia has yielded insight into how pathogens and their hosts evolve.
Missing Link in Malaria Evolution Discovered in Historical Specimens
Ben Andrew Henry | Dec 1, 2016 | 4 min read
A family’s collection of antique microscope slides became a trove of genetic information about the eradicated European malaria pathogen.
Week in Review: February 22–26
Jef Akst | Feb 26, 2016 | 3 min read
Questions about how E. coli evolves; spermatids in a dish; fighting bacteria with virus-like molecule; what drives metastasis; antibodies fight Ebola in monkeys
Genome Digest
Molly Sharlach | Sep 10, 2014 | 5 min read
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
Head Scratchers
Mary Beth Aberlin | Sep 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Many natural phenomena elude our understanding.
Evolving Antibiotic Tolerance
Jef Akst | Jun 25, 2014 | 3 min read
E. coli repeatedly exposed to ampicillin adapt to stay dormant for longer periods of time—just long enough to outlast the antibiotic treatment.
Week in Review: November 11–15
Tracy Vence | Nov 15, 2013 | 3 min read
Combating bacterial persistence; ancient canine evolution; T cells and transplants; sharing omics data and code
Week in Review: September 2–6
Tracy Vence | Sep 6, 2013 | 3 min read
More than 320,000 mammalian viruses lurk; evolution of echolocation in bats and dolphins; accumulation of mutations in drug-resistant tuberculosis; senior researchers reluctant to retire
Contributors
Kate Yandell and Chris Palmer | Aug 1, 2013 | 3 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the August 2013 issue of The Scientist.
The Eye of the Finch
Andrew Dobson | Aug 1, 2013 | 4 min read
Beaks did it for Darwin. Now, monitoring real-time evolution of bacteria that infects finch eyes reveals repeated, rapid evolution of an emerging avian pathogen in backyards throughout the U.S.
Five Mutations Make H5N1 Airborne
Sabrina Richards | Jun 21, 2012 | 4 min read
The second of the two controversial bird flu papers is published in Science, revealing that just five mutations can render the virus transmissible between ferrets.
Malaria Drug Resistance Spreading
Bob Grant | Apr 9, 2012 | 2 min read
A genomic analysis reveals a crucial detail in drug-resistant strains of the malaria parasite that are on the move in Southeast Asia.
Bird Flu Mutations Revealed
Bob Grant | Apr 5, 2012 | 2 min read
One of the researchers who created a highly transmissible form of the bird flu virus has broken his silence and shared which mutations made it possible.
Killer TB Hits India
Bob Grant | Jan 16, 2012 | 1 min read
An incurable form of tuberculosis has turned up on the subcontinent.
Infection Selection
Ruth Williams | Nov 13, 2011 | 2 min read
Scientists track changes in bacterial genomes during a hospital outbreak to discover potential pathogenesis genes.
Five Life-Science MacArthur Winners
Edyta Zielinska | Sep 22, 2011 | 2 min read
This year’s winners research topics ranging from stem cell regulation to brain damage from football injuries.
Harmit Malik: Viral Historian
Megan Scudellari | Jul 1, 2011 | 3 min read
Member, Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington. Age: 38
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