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Load More...We hope our new approach targeting #heteroresistance will help cure pan-resistant #superbug infections thought to be untreatable. A fantastic interdisciplinary team effort was essential to this study. @EmoryARC @EmoryMedicine @NatureMicrobiol @NIAIDNews
Antibiotic combinations that exploit heteroresistance to multiple drug
Heteroresistance to multiple antibiotics is prevalent across carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates, but drug combinations that exp...
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June is Men's Health month. Interesting information on complementary health approaches: via @NIH_NCCIH DYK that certain diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, lung cancer or coronary heart disease are more common in men than women?
Men’s Health
Some health issues are unique to men (such as prostate disease and erectile dysfunction), and others are more common in men than women (such as corona...
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In case you were wondering... this is what #leadership looks like. Thank you @NIHDirector for taking a stand and setting an example by both action and words.
Ending the #manel begins at the top. Starting now, I expect a level playing field at public speaking events with a diversity of ideas or I will decline to participate. I challenge other leaders to do the same. https://t.co/B0hwwv5ZMw #NIH
Huge congrats to Carol Clark @EmoryUniversity for winning the silver Case Award on Writing for the Web! "Stellar writing & storytelling... The humanity in these stories really comes through, which is always a commendable outcome in science-heavy pieces."
From Botany to Bones to Beakers: Students Make Science Happen
See more about this award-winning entry.
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Have you ever planted a tree? Wangari Maathai founded the green belt movement, which led to the planting of over 50 million trees in Africa. Maathai was awarded the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, and thus became the first African woman to be awarded the prize.
Planting Trees as Resistance and Empowerment: The Remarkable Illustrated Story of Wangari Maathai, the First African Woman to Win the Nobel Peace Prize
“A tree is a little bit of the future.”
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Plant extinction 'bad news for all species'. Important story from @hbriggs, based on excellent research from @KewScience @vorontsovams and colleagues. #BiodiversityCrisis #Extinction #Nature
Plant extinction 'bad news for all species'
Almost 600 plant species have been lost from the wild in the last 250 years, according to a study.
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ICYMI: Video recordings of some presentations from the 2019 Society for Economic Botany (@SEBotany) meeting are now available online here: #ethnobotany #forests #ecology #biodiversity #traditionalmedicine #research #economicbotany #fieldresearch #botany
Conference Presentations - YouTube
This is a collection of short presentations given at various Ethnobiology, Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology conferences. Want to see the most recent ...
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