Antibiotic resistance found in the gut microbiome of lemurs living near humans Kumar Jeetendra | August 10, 2021 The CDC describes antibiotic resistance as one of the most pressing public health crises in the world. It is currently being discovered in the stomachs of lemurs (our distant primate cousins). Researchers at Duke have discovered evidence of antibiotic resistance in the microbiome from lemurs that live close to humans, according to a new study …
Memory of explicit occasions doesn’t fall apart with age in cuttlefish Kumar Jeetendra | August 19, 2021 Researchers have discovered that Cuttlefish can recall the exact details of specific events, even up to the end of their lives. These results were published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society and are the first to show that animals can retain specific events even after they age. Memory tests were conducted by researchers …
Industrial chemical perfluorobutanoic acid less inclined to aggregate in human lungs and kidneys Kumar Jeetendra | September 25, 2021 A 2013 study by Perez et al. discovered a significant accumulation of the chemical used in industrial production, perfluorobutanoic Acid (PFBA) in the human kidneys and lungs. Researchers from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) examined the results with an even more precise method for quantification. The resultwas that only one sample had …
