Nature

Bacteria use a decoy defence molecule to set a trap for viruses

Some bacterial-infecting viruses use ‘sponges’ to mop up defence molecules, but bacteria can fight back by responding when a ...
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AI-Generated Genomes Used To Produce Functional, Bacteria-Killing Viruses In World First

Here, biology kind of takes over. If the phage genome that the AI model generated is legit, the proteins will start to self-assemble into a phage. You’ll know it’s worked when that phage goes on to ...
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Chemical Fossils Point to Sponges As The First Animals on Earth

Scientists discovered molecular fossils that reveal sponges were among Earth’s earliest animals.
Mason Hayes Curran

CJEU Decision on Classification as a ‘Medical Device’ or a ‘Medicinal Product’

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment in March 2025 on Case C-589/23 . The case considered ...
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Uterine Tears in Goats

Episode 165For the Love of Goats In this episode, Deborah Niemann is joined by Dr. Daniela Luethy, Assistant Professor of ...
Agriland

Keeping SCC down during final few months of lactation

Cows that have had a bad history of mastitis or a consistently high somatic cell count (SCC) over the last year should be considered for early culling, or marked for an antibiotic at drying-off if ...