Pathogens lurk in illegal wildlife products confiscated at US airports.
Pathogens lurk in illegal wildlife products confiscated at US airports.
Lecturer, School of Agriculture & Food Science, University College Dublin. Age: 38
March 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the March 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Designing the simplest possible living organism artificially may lend clues as to what life is.
Infection by GFP-encoding viruses enables quick, easy detection of tuberculosis in patient samples.
Only a quarter of Clostridium difficile infections in one hospital system were traced to contact with a symptomatic patient.
The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity explains why it recommended redacting the details of studies reporting on a highly transmissible H5N1 strain.
An attempt to regrow the infamous GFAJ-1 bacteria, reported to incorporate arsenic into its DNA backbone, has failed.
James Crow, who helped shaped public policy over his 70 year career, passed away last week.